For young Anton von Störck (1731-1803), the prospect of life was anything but promising. He was made an orphan early on and had to live in a poorhouse in Vienna on the alms of the community. Despite this Dickensian childhood, he was able to educate himself and study medicine at the University of Vienna under […]
In the 18th century, the Innere Stadt, or the historical core of the city, was surrounded with bastions – massive soil embankments as the basis of the fortifications. The medieval city wall still existed and limited the free area even more. This is why the palace garden was rather modest, incomparable with the magnificent park […]
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