Cafe Central by prutzworks

Photography • Urban/Cityscape • posted on Mar 04, 2010

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from Wikipedia: Café Central is a coffeehouse in Vienna. It is located in the Innere Stadt district at Herrengasse 14 in the former Bank and Stockmarket Building, today called the Palais Ferstel after its architect Heinrich von Ferstel. The café was opened in 1860, and in the late nineteenth century it became a key meeting place of the Viennese intellectual scene. Key regulars included Peter Altenberg, Theodor Herzl, Egon Friedell, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Anton Kuh, Adolf Loos, Leo Perutz, Alfred Polgar and Leon Trotsky. In January 1913 alone, Josip Broz Tito, Sigmund Freud, Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Lenin, and Leon Trotsky (the latter two being regulars) were patrons of the establishment.[1] Until 1938 the café was called the "Chess school" (Die Schachhochschule) because of the presence of many chess players. The Vienna Circle of logical positivists held many meetings before and after World War I. A well-known story states that an Austrian politician, asked about the possibility of a revolution in Russia, remarked sarcastically: "Who is going to make a revolution? Perhaps that Trotsky from the Café Central?" The café closed at the end of World War II. In 1975, the Palais Ferstel was renovated and the Central was newly opened, however in a different part of the building. In 1986, it was fully renovated once again. For an interior shot see: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1823067&user_id=26491&page=13&member&np tfv

Comments (18)

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jayfar

3:00AM | Thu, 04 March 2010

Beautiful shot. Makes you want to go there and thanks for the info.

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gemb1

3:39AM | Thu, 04 March 2010

Makes me full of envy. great shot background info makes it even more complete

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helanker

4:24AM | Thu, 04 March 2010

It seems to be a really nice place to sit and have a coffee.... in the summer that is. :-)

MrsLubner

8:05AM | Thu, 04 March 2010

Stunning find with the feel of "old world" to it. Super history lesson too!

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farmerC

8:52AM | Thu, 04 March 2010

Mooie opname.

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flavia49

8:54AM | Thu, 04 March 2010

wonderful image!

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alessimarco

9:07AM | Thu, 04 March 2010

I just love pointed corners! Excellent photo and informative description!

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Sea_Dog

9:30AM | Thu, 04 March 2010

Excellent street scene - so much detail and interesting things to see. The Cafe looks like a great place to sit and read a book or just watch people. Well done.

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