Can you imagine being in a vineyard in Vienna? Imagine a giant vineyard, so large it would have been owned by a prince, a prince of Liechtenstein! Right there, in the middle of the sprawling vineyards stands the Ruine Rauchkogel, or as we call it in English, the Rauchkogel Ruin. They call it a ruin, but it was never a real castle, not in the true sense at least. This was a fabricated structure, built in the early 19th century by Prince Johann I of Liechtenstein. Prince Johann loved the idea of ancient ruins more than anything else. So he ordered the creation of a stunning, if artificial representation of a medieval structure. Imagine the scene, a prince, surrounded by his vineyards, deciding to build a ruin, as a symbol of forgotten times. It is this very fact that makes the Ruine Rauchkogel very unusual, a kind of folly nestled in the heart of a vineyard instead of in a wild forest that surrounds other Liechtenstein fortifications. You can’t imagine the view from here! It is breathtaking, with panoramic vistas of Maria Enzersdorf and the neighboring Sudstadt district. The Ruine Rauchkogel with its romantic allure offers a glimpse back into a time when princes had a penchant for medieval fantasies and built faux ruins out of love, to entertain themselves.
Центральный дом работников искусств
Step through the grand wooden doors of the Central House of the Workers of Art, and you’ll be transported to