Canovagasse
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| Basic data | |
| place | Vienna |
| District | Inner City (1st District) |
| Created | 1865 |
| Cross streets | Kärntner Ring, Bösendorferstrasse , Lothringerstrasse |
| Places | Karlsplatz |
| Buildings | Palais Wertheim , Hotel Imperial , Wiener Musikverein |
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| User groups | Pedestrians , bicycle traffic , car traffic |
| Road design | partly one-way street |
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| Street length | approx. 143 m |
The Canovagasse located on the 1st Viennese district of Inner City . It was created in 1865 and named after the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova .
history
In the Middle Ages, the area of today's Canovagasse belonged to the suburb in front of the Kärntnertor . It has belonged to the glacis in front of the Vienna city wall since the 16th century . After they were demolished and the Vienna Ringstrasse was built in place of the walls, Canovagasse was also laid out in 1865. It was named after the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova. His sculptures, created in the classical style, enjoyed great prestige; he had also made some important works for Vienna, such as B. the tomb for Archduchess Marie Christine in the Augustinerkirche and the Theseus statue for the Theseus temple (today in the Kunsthistorisches Museum ).
Location and characteristics
Canovagasse runs from the Kärntner Ring in a south-westerly direction to Karlsplatz . While the first section up to Bösendorferstraße can be used in both directions, the second section between Bösendorferstraße and Karlsplatz is a one-way street. In this area, however, it is possible for cyclists to use the one-way route. Canovagasse is an important cycling route that is very popular. There is no public transport in the street.
The building forms a beautiful and uniform historical ensemble. The back of the music club building still stands out particularly. Since there are no shops or restaurants in Canovagasse, pedestrians do not use it as a destination, but primarily as a passage between Ringstrasse and Karlsplatz. In addition to tourists, many concert-goers can be found here heading for the music club building. All buildings in Canovagasse are listed as historical monuments .
Buildings
No. 1: Wertheim-Palais
→ see main article Palais Wertheim
The former Palais Wertheim is free-standing on three sides between Schwarzenbergplatz , Kärntner Ring and Canovagasse. It was built in 1864–1868 by Heinrich von Ferstel for the industrialist Franz von Wertheim in a strictly historical style. At the corner of Kärntner Ring and Canovagasse there is a round and domed oriel with a console-supported balcony and segmented gable with putti and coat of arms on the first floor. The building is located at the main address Schwarzenbergplatz 17.
No. 2: Hotel Imperial
→ see main article Hotel Imperial (Vienna)
The building was erected in the historicist style in 1862–1865 by Arnold Zenetti and Heinrich Adam as a palace for Duke Philipp von Württemberg . A few years later (1872–1873) it was converted into a hotel by Ludwig Tischler and Carl Gangolf Kayser . The Hotel Imperial is one of the most important hotels in Vienna, where numerous prominent statesmen and artists have stayed. The building forms a separate block between Kärntner Ring, Dumbastraße , Bösendorferstraße and Canovagasse, with a side facade of the hotel in Canovagasse. The main address of the hotel is at Kärntner Ring 16.
No. 3, 5: residential and office buildings
Emil von Förster built this extension to the Palais Wertheim in 1871 in neo-Renaissance forms . The facade of the building is accentuated by a high, embossed base zone and a very wide central projection with balconies. The two portals are framed by banded pilasters and aedicule attachments . The Crey Theater was once located on the ground floor and first floor.
No. 4: Musikverein
→ see main article Wiener Musikverein
The concert hall of the Wiener Musikverein was built in 1867–1870 by Theophil von Hansen . It is one of the most important monumental buildings in the Ringstrasse zone and one of the most important concert halls in the world. The architect used ancient Greek stylistic devices to create the impression of a music temple. The back of the building is on Canovagasse, where the Bösendorfer city salon is located, in whose showrooms the company's pianos can be viewed. The main address of the building is at Musikvereinsplatz 1.
No. 7: residential and office buildings
The building at the corner of Canovagasse and Lothringerstraße was built in 1869 by the architects Johann Romano and August Schwendenwein as a continuation of the neo-Renaissance facade of the former Palais Ofenheim at Schwarzenbergplatz 15 . It has a high, embossed base zone; the corner is emphasized by risalits, each of which has a balcony in front of a window with a triangular gable on the first floor. An attic balustrade closes the building off at the top. The pilaster-structured driveway has stuccoed ceilings.
literature
- Richard Perger: streets, towers and bastions. The road network of the Vienna City in its development and its name . Franz Deuticke, Vienna 1991, ISBN 3-7005-4628-9 , p. 33
- Felix Czeike (Ed.): Canovagasse. In: Historisches Lexikon Wien . Volume 1, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-218-00543-4 , p. 548 ( digitized version ).
- Bundesdenkmalamt (Ed.): Dehio-Handbuch Wien. I. District - Inner City . Verlag Berger, Horn 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6 , p. 662
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 '2.4 " N , 16 ° 22' 23.9" E