Rathaus Review

The Vienna City Hall is located on the west side of the ring road. It is a typical neo-Gothic building with 5 towering minarets. The square in front of the door and the People's Park are the world's most beautiful Christmas market.

维也纳市政厅（Wiener Rathaus）是维也纳地方政府所在地，位于内城区的市政厅广场，有新哥特式建筑风格。 在 1892 年至 1894 年的短暂时期内，维也纳市政厅是世界上最高的建筑。

Vienna City Hall is also a very large building, the city hall itself is also a distinctive structure, Vienna is also a very famous small European city, here to feel the beauty of art and music is quite distinctive, very good.

The Vienna City Hall was built from 1872 to 1883 and was decorated with neo-Gothic architecture. It was designed as a model for the Brussels City Hall. The City Hall has five towers, including the 98-meter-high central tower. The City Hall became one of the hallmarks of Vienna after its completion.

The city hall, completed in 1873, is a typical neo-Gothic building, with arcades, verandas, pointed windows, and complicated carvings all reflecting the typical neo-Gothic style. The 98-meter tower in front of the hall is considered the mascot of Vienna. According to legend, the non-church building could not exceed 100 meters, and the construction plan of the city hall tower was opposed by the church. So the designer von Schmidt limited the tower itself to 98 meters, but added a tower top of3.4 meters of "town hall iron man"(Rathausmann), showing people to the old forces challenge, the church is helpless. During the summer concert in August, there are many performances in the town hall square. One month before Christmas, it is still a Christmas market. In addition, exhibitions and trade fairs are sometimes held in the banquet hall.

On the east side of the square, the city hall of Vienna has five minarets in front of it. One of them goes straight into the clouds. Four on both wings are less than half, but they are three or four stories taller than one word. Under the blue sky and white clouds, the layers are very distinct and spectacular. The high tower 98 meters in the middle of the hall is the mascot of Vienna. Legend has it that the non-church buildings at that time could not exceed 100 meters, and the construction plan of the towers of the city hall was opposed by the church. So designer Von Schmidt confined the tower to 98 meters, but added a 3.4-meter-high "City Hall Iron Man" to the spire, which showed that people were challenged to the old forces, and the church had no choice. The city hall, completed in 1873, is a typical new Gothic building. Its arches, galleries, balconies, pointed windows and luxurious sculptures all reflect the typical style of the new Gothic. It is characterized by elegant and delicate graphic decoration of the tall arch window edges and curved balcony. Above the eaves of the window edges stood a very conspicuous three-metre-high warrior statue, dressed in armour and armed with a spear.