Sculpture of a cat seen near Mirabell Palace (Schloss Mirabell) in Salzburg City. This palace was built by Archbishop Wolf Dietrich Raitenau in 1606 and was dedicated to his secret wife Salome Alt and their 15 children.
Category: Sculptures
Man with nacked bottom at Schallaburg Castle
Peculiar detail seen at Schallaburg Castle (Schallaburg) in Schollach, Austria. A sculpture of a man showing his bottom. Such sculptures were meant as defense against harm and evil spirits
Owl at the library of an university in Vienna
This owl is a decoration created by the Swiss artist and architect Bruno Weber. It is placed at the Vienna University of Technology Library. Looks like a place of much wisdom, doesn’t it?
Lion at the Hofburg in Vienna
I’m not sure but I think this lion stuck its tongue out of me while I was taking a photo. The sculpture is one of two lions who guard the gate to the Swiss Court, the oldest part of the Hofburg Imperial Palace.
Pre-planking sculpture in Bad Goisern
On my way back to the railway station of Bad Goisern I came across this sculpture in a small park. I don’t know the artist or the real meaning of that artwork but it seemed to be a piece of the “pre-planking’ period. đ
Lion in Mirabell Gardens of Salzburg
On a sunny winter day I walked on the grounds of Mirabell Palace (Schloss Mirabell) in Salzburg and discovered this lion which obviously enjoyed the sunbeams as well. [German]
The Saxon Steed in Hanover
This sculpture named Saxon Steed (Sachsenross) shows the emblem of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) It was created in 1866 by the sculptor Friedrich Wilhelm Wolff. Today it is situated in front of the Leibniz UniversitÀt Hannover, the former Welfenschloss.
A dark rider in Salzburg?
This monument at the wall of the Salzburg Cathedral reminds me of a NazgĂ»l, one of these Dark Riders in the novel ‘The Lord of the Rings’. But where is his horse?