This
is another one of Vienna's big attractions. And by
big, we're talking scale. It encompasses six museums,
a chapel, the president of Austria's offices, the
national library, the famed Winter Riding School,
a greenhouse, and a park. It will take two days to
thoroughly see the place. The Hofburg Complex was
built as the imperial home of the Habsburgs, and they
lived there until 1918. The Kunsthistorisches Museum
(Museum of Fine Art) has exhibits of ancient art,
a collection of armor, even a collection of antique
musical instruments. The Winter Riding School is where
the Lipizzaner stallions are trained in the Spanish
Riding School. It was designed by Josef Emanuel Fischer
von Erlach, and built from 1729 to 1735. Inside two
galleries surround the training ground, which is illuminated
by two enormous chandeliers. But photography inside
is not permitted. Most other buildings allow photography
as long as the flash is turned off. There is also
a butterfly aviary created out of greenhouses built
from 1901-1907.