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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 04/06/2026 14:17:00

Greek temple columns, marble ramps and a golden statue of the goddess Athena give the Austrian Parliament Building the air of an ancient acropolis transplanted to the Vienna Ringstrasse. Designed by the architect Theophil Hansen and built between 1874 and 1883, it was conceived in a Greek Revival style as a deliberate evocation of the birthplace of democracy, a fitting symbol for the legislature of the Habsburg empire and later the Austrian republic. The building most famous feature is the Pall...