Hofburg Palace, located in the center Vienna area, it's certainly one of the most popular tourist attractions of the city. Here we have made the tour imperial apartments, the museum's Collection and Sissi' and silversmiths' wares. The ticket for the 3 parties was 9.90 euros (for other parts of the palace shall pay the tickets separately) and is valid for 2 days, so if you've had enough time to provision (closes at 5:30) you can't go back the next day. You are told that visiting the 3 parties lasts between an hour and three hours, depending on how fast you move, in some places there are so many visitors that it must stop. The palace is impressive and from outside, but unfortunately you have an opportunity to visit only a small part of the interior.
Sissi Museum
very interesting, but, because of narrow corridors, full of tourists, we could not submit away. In many places it causes "blockage" so that it takes a little more. Have been made great efforts to separate myths of reality in relation to Sissi. Fan of physical exercise and diet, always on search potions strange that will retain its beauty and to help her not to grow fat through overindulgence, obsessed with tiny waist to have all my life. It is described as being a tragic figure, after marriage at the age of 16 years, he has had 4 children of which 2 died, and the darkness here as though you transmit feelings of depression experienced by in those moments. Her death has been as dramatic, killed 60 years by a anarhist. Only some robs are illuminated, the rest is pretty dark. Jewelry and her dresses are exposed here, a copy of the kirtle her wedding clothes and other personal objects.
Imperial apartments
19 rooms called Kaiserappartments are the rooms used for the royal family, the Empress Sissi and her husband, the emperor Franz Joseph, the office, the audience chamber, bedroom, shower-room and the gymnastics room empress. Most cameras are white in color, decorated with gold on the ceiling and red wallpaper on the walls.
Kings official residence of Roman Empire, later of the House of Habsbourg during Austrian Empire, Hofburg Palace is today Austrian presidential seat and, at the same time, one of the first tourist obiectve last on the list of "musts EEA" of Vienna area.
Although initially we could believe that this is a single construction, Hofburg palace, what was, in fact, the winter residence of Habsburgilor, has been extended gradually during its existence beginning with XIII-th up to form as we can see today, as it was a complex of buildings that combines several architectural elements and which extends over an area of 240. 000 sq. m.
Visit us at the Palace started with your collection of porcelain and silverware which is located on the ground floor, where you can admire objects that were in assets " silver Camera " and who is the picture of tradition, ceremony decor and dining girls imperial ...
After we pass some paintings representing moments captured lunchtimes we can admire objects from imperial winery, vessels of glass, porcelain, tablecloths and napkins with the badge, pans, fructiere, glass chandeliers, gold, silver and bronze, copper, silver cutlery and other kitchen utensils, even a cupboard brush table crumb! Some of these objects are even in retail display cabinets oak kept during monarchy.
Here I learned about the ceremony of washing of the feet which represent a tradition of the Court Habsburgilor. This was supposed to wash the Emperor and Empress of the feet of twelve men, women on the Thursday the Great, as a relearn money laundering by Jesus of the feet of the Twelve Apostles.
For this job were elected man and women in Vienna and surrounding areas and were dressed as piligrimii, in a black suit with gloves. After they took breakfast, the Emperor bent down and wiped his feet men with a towel of canvas, after they were "Overhaul in advance with water. After ceremony, the Emperor gave each of them a bag with 30 antique silver. Empress washed but only his feet women aged, the ceremony being continued by arhiducese and the ladies at court. In the 1990s when the ceremony did not take place, they took quite a lot of money and a cup of wine. In the collection are present and vessels used for this ceremony.
What I can tell you is that all of them are absolutely superb, I have remained silent with admiration at their beauty, from the most simple to the brightly colored, from earth services vieneze and Hungarian newspapers in French and Bohemian, including Chinese collection, being well-known the fact that they admired very much Chinese vessels, not to mention the most luxurious Imperial service gold!
Porcelain services have penetrated to the Court by 1800, by ordering by Emperor Francisc has a complete set, before the porcelain plates being served only to desert, deemed as more decorative objects collection.
Reasons used for decoration are very inspiring and represent birds, flowers, images from nature, romance or monuments architectural designs, or portraits what impressed simply by paintings executed like genuine paintings, nicely golden floral components or in lacy covers (details you can see click here unfortunately we have not benefited from such a guide in English, therefore it is good to have you).
Our tour continued with dedicated museum Empress Elisabeth (Sissi Museum), known under the name of Sissi, who was married to the emperor Franz Joseph to only 16 years (although it is said that her sister Helene it would have had to be chosen, but the Emperor fell in love with Sissi when he had seen her for the first time) and to whom he has given us four children from who survived only two, maybe where due to the fact that it wasn't summer Emperor and it is known that when they should marry summer between them, so frequently at royal houses, babies come with problems, in general.
As for Imperial quarters, may visit 19 rooms that have been restored and which represents a testament to Hapsburg monarchy and their way of life. It is visiting the audience chamber, the office Emperor, the bedroom, the latter, the toilet, and the gymnastics Empress Elisabeth, the outhouse.
In rooms predominate white color with golden stucaturi wallpaper on the ceiling and bright red as dressed in part the walls.
One of the spaces which I liked very much was the sign painted with scenes of nature that you create it seems to me that you're in a landscape edenic.
A palace wonderful which are worth being visited, the ticket price of access being of 9. 90 Euros/adult for all three " museums ", but can be purchased and the ticket Sissi Schonbrunn Palace, in case you visit before, which allows you and visiting this palace to a better price.
The Hofburg Palace may be reached at subway U3 (base station Herrengasse), U1 (Stephansplatz), but also with trams 1 and 2 (base station Burgring) or buses 2A and 3A (base station Hofburg).
And if you got hungry after the hours spent in the Palace, will recommend Hofburg coffee shop where you can eat a snitel vienez super tasty!
Do not forget to keep money, and for a few keepsakes beautiful (statuettes, soldiers, cassettes with Empress Sissi image, the mini-violins you remember the great composers Austrian, clocks, plates, magnets, etc. ) that you can purchase before it enters the dome Michael to visit his palace.
