The public buildings, palaces, churches, rte., are very numerous :— 1. The most remarkable is the cathedral, dedicated to St Stephen, a very majestic edifice, built entirely of freestone, iu a beautiful gothic style, in the 12th and 13th centuries: it is oue of the finest specimens of ancient German architecture. The interior is 342 feet in length, 222 feet in breadth between the two great towers, and 79 feet iu height. The church is surmounted by four towers, one of which is above 450 feet high. In this steeple hangs the great bell, weighing 357 cwt., and cant, in 1711, out of 180 pieces of Turkish cannon, which had been used in the siege of Vienna. The interior of the church contains thirty-eight marble altars and numerous monuments of celebrated men, among which are those of the emperor Frederick IV. nud of Prince Eugene of Savoy. The crypt beneath the church con sists of thirty large vaults, in which since the time of Ferdinand the bowels of all the deceased members of the imperial family are deposited in copper or silver urns, their hearts being deposited in the Augustinian church, and their bodies in the church of the Capuchins in the New Market, where also is the sarcophagus of the Duke of Reichatadt, son of Napoleon I. 2. St. Peter's, built on the model of St. Peter's st Rome, and adorned with fine fresco and old paintings.
3. The elegant Augustinian church, which contains the celebrated mausoleum of the archduchess Christina, a masterpiece of Canova. 4. The church of the Capachins, with the imperial family vaults, where the bodies of the imperial family are deposited. beginning with the emperor Mathias and his consort. 5. St. Michael's, a magnificent edifice, containing some capital paintings. 6. SteRnprecht's is remark able only as the oldest Christian church in Vienna, having been originally built in 740, for the convenience of the Avari. 7. The church of Maria Stiegen, built in 882, and recently assigned to the Redemptoristg, and likewise to the Slavonian nation. 8. The Scotch abbey church (so celled from the Scotch Benedictines, who possessed it from 1158 to 1418). Besides these there are the Italian church, the German church, two chapels in the Burg, the church of the United Greeks, and two churches of the schismatic Greeks. The Lutheran and the Calvinist chapels have neither steeples nor bells. The Jews have a synagogue and school.
The principal public buildings are-I. The Burg, the imperial palace, the resideuce of tee emperor, an old irre;ular edifice, built at different times. It. consists of three quadrangles. It contains the imperial jewel-office, one of the richest collections of the kind in Europe, a fine cabinet of works of art, a very extensive collection of natural history, and the cabinet of medals, which far surpasses all other collec tions of the kind. The Imperial Library, connected with the Burg, is
a handsome edifice, with a saloon, and a gallery 250 feet long, and in the centre 100 feet broad, in which is the imperial library, consisting of 320,000 volumes and 16,000 manuscripts, many of which are very ancient and very valuable. The library possesses a collection of 20,000 volumes and 650 manuscripts in Oriental languages, relating to the history of Turkey and other eastern countries, formed by Von Hammer. The collection of engravings is one of the largest and most valuable in Europe : it consists of above 300,000 engravings, from the origin of the art to the present time. 2. The building formerly celled the Imperial Chancery, the fine façade of which forms one side of the quadrangle called the Burgher, er Burgplatz, built by Fischer von F:rlach, with five colosaal groups by Maohieli, representing the Labours of Hercules. 3. The Imperial Riding-School, a masterpiece of archi tecture, by Fischer von Erlach. 4. The splendid palace of the Arch duke Charles, formerly belonging to his father-in-law, the Duke of Saxe-Teachen ; containing an extensive library and a collection of 180,000 engravings in 900 portfolios. The csllection contains also 15,000 drawings by the old masters. 5. The Mint, formerly the resi dence of Prince Eugene. 6. The University. 7. The Townhouse. 8. The archbishop's palace, near St. Stephen's. 9. The Zeughaus, or Imperial Arsenal 10. The former City Hospital, a large building four stories high, with 10 court-yards or quadrangles, and divided into 200 residences. 11. The Trattnerhof, a specious building divided in a similar manner. 12. The Town Arsenal. 13. The Bauk In the Singerstreet. 14. The Imperial Austrian Natiooal Bank. 15. The public offices called Chanceries, such as the Bohemian, Austrian, and the Ilongarian and Transylvanian chanceries. 16. The Custom-house. 17. The palaces of the nobility, most of which are remarkable for their architecture, and contain good collections of paintings and other works of art. There are five theatres In Vienna, two in the inner city and three in the suburbs. 1. The Hof or Burg Theatre, attached to the imperial palace, for the performance of the regular drama. 2. The Theatre at the Karnthner, or Carinthian gate, fur operas and ballets. 3. The Theatre on the Wien, in the suburb Medea, the largest and handsorneet in Vienna. for melodrama. 4. The Theatre of the Leo pohletalt, an Austrian national theatre, the favourite of the middle and lower cleave. 5. The Theatre in the Josephstadt.