Finding Gold in Vienna

Walking
from the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts
at Schillerplatz towards the Secession,
you first spot this huge apartment building
across the street, at Getreidemarkt

Turning left,
a golden globe,
formed entirely by a filigree of gilded leaves
and berries, captures your attention

The dome
crowns the gabled glass roofs of one of
Vienna's Jugendstil landmarks,

the exhibition hall
of the artists of the
Viennese Secession movement,
built by architect Joseph Maria Olbrich
during the last years of the 19th Century

"Der Zeit ihre Kunst,
der Kunst ihre Freiheit"
Every age its art,
to the arts, freedom

The Secession building
also marks the beginning of
Vienna's Naschmarkt area -
which stretches west,
over and along the Wien river,
with hundreds of food stalls
and a Saturday flea market
at its western end

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Photographed
Saturday Morning
29 May 2010

Images and Text
© 2010 by Merisi