A spinx standing guard, looking in the direction of the Upper Belvedere Palace. Between the sphinx and the Lower Belvedere Palace at the bottom of the hill one can see the French-style gardens laid out by garden architect Dominique Girard. Beyond the Belvedere, the city center of Vienna; St. Stephen's steeple is visible and beyond the city the vineyard hills of Vienna.

A VIENNESE VEDUTA
Sphinx Standing Guard
Prince Eugene's Belvedere
2019 © Merisi Vienna
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#PrinceEugene #Veduta #ClassicMono
#BlackAndWhite #Monochrome

* autumn earth - from an English translation of a Rilke autumn poem, source: https://symbolreader.net/2014/10/10/evening-by-reiner-maria-rilke-in-two-translations/ ALT text: A bamboo hedge and various bushes frame the stairs leading up to a small pond where a group of people is sitting, enjoying the quiet and beauty. In the background, a church steeple, the east façade of the Upper Belvedere baroque palace and a small building.

🌟 Good Night, Good People Everywhere! 🌟

Evening descending, wearing
the scent of autumn earth *
September at the Botanical Garden
Jacquingasse, Third District
Image © Merisi Vienna * See +ALT text
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#HumansofBlueSky #Belvedere #PrinceEugene

A sphinx high on a hill, overlooking the garden between the Belvedere palaces with the city of Vienna beyond.

VIENNESE VEDUTA
Smooth Sphinx with a View
Prince Eugene's Belvedere Gardens
Third District (Landstraße)
Image © Merisi Vienna
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#Veduta #PrinceEugene #Vienna

A white palace with scaffolding covered with "drop sheets" painted to look like the real palace façade. In front of the palace, a large reflecting pool, the water the same light green color as the verdigris roof of the building. The sky is covered by large billowy clouds, as if it may rain any moment.

VIENNESE IMPRESSIONS
Prince Eugene's Upper Belvedere Palace
South Façade and Reflecting Pool
Third District (Landstrasse) © Merisi Vienna

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#EastCoastKin #Vienna #Verdigris #Garden
#WindowsOnWednesday #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

As described above - plus, beyond the city center, the Viennese vineyard hills and the Vienna Woods.

SUMMER IN VIENNA
A Sphinx at Prince Eugene's Upper Belvedere
with a view of the gardens and the Lower Belvedere Palace
and the city beyond, St. Stephen's cathedral in the center.
Image © Merisi Vienna
#Belvedere #PrinceEugene #Gardens #Parks
#Veduta #Sphinx #Summer #Stunday

In the forefront, a large pool with three low, cascading fountains. in the background, flower-framed green grass areas, people walking on the foot paths.

VIENNA IN SUMMER
Cascading Fountains in the Cool of the Morning
Up at Prince Eugene's Belvedere
Garden terraces linking the
Upper and the Lower Palaces
Third District (Landstraße)
Image © Merisi Vienna
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#Belvedere #PrinceEugene #Savoy

A veduta of Vienna, the gardens between the Upper and Lower Belvedere in the foreground, the Lower Belvedere Palace at the bottom, beyond lays the city, with the steeple of St. Stephen's cathedral towering over the roofs, and in the far back, the hills of the 19th District.

VIENNA IN SPRING
Veduta with May Showers
View of the City from the Upper Belvedere
Morning of 4 May 2025 © Merisi Vienna
#Belvedere #PrinceEugene #MayShowers #Rain
#Veduta #Vienna

GOOD MORNING FROM VIENNA!
One of my favorite vistas,
Vienna in Spring seen from
Prince Eugene's Upper Belvedere
Image © Merisi Vienna

N.B.. Prince Eugene of Savoy
is one of my favorite historical figures.

#Vienna #Vistas #Belvedere #PrinceEugene

A fountain framed by trees in their spring green finery.

VIENNA IN SPRINGTIME
Prince Eugene's Upper Belvedere
Fountain at the west entrance
to the Upper Belvedere Palace
© Merisi Vienna
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