You only see what you know (Goethe)
Marchegg was founded as a planned city by Ottokar II of Bohemia in 13th century. Taking the historic trail gives a good impression how large this city was intended. From the medieval gates the Gate to Vienna (Wienertor) dating back to 1268 is the best-preserved one. [German]
Marchegg Palace (Schloss Marchegg) is a palace near the March river in the east of Austria. Besides its Baroque style it is also worth a visit because of a large stork population in the nearby WWF nature reserve Marchegg.
During a Roman festival at the archaeological park of Carnuntum, I watched a reenactment of a Roman wedding. That way, I learned about the tradition that the Roman bride is cloaked.
At the archaeological park Carnuntum in Lower Austria, a reenactment group shows an ancient Roman tortoise (testudo) formation.
The building is a reconstruction of the home of a middle-class citizen of the ancient Roman Carnuntum. His name was probably Lucius Maticeius Clemens. The reconstruction shows the house in the style of the first half of the 4th century.
While walking through the archaeology park of Carnuntum, I found this reconstruction of a Roman sewer cover. It is much smaller than the one I saw in the Roman Museum of Vienna.
Classic bus Steyr 480A built in 1957 seen on the grounds of the railway station Payerbach-Reichenau in the Austrian state Lower Austria (Niederösterreich). This bus was operated by the Austrian mail service (Österreichische Post) which used to offer public transportation as well.
After a walk through the Garten Tulln, I climbed up a tower (34,95 m) named Baumwipfelweg (tree top way). Though it was more a tower than a path, several protruding elements offered an exciting view of the surroundings.
On my walk through St. Pölten I came across this huge spiderweb. I guess it was sort of public art. Well, I do hope it was just public art.
At a Roman festival in the archaeological park Carnuntum, I saw this reconstruction of an ancient ballista.
Roman legionaries seen at a festival on the grounds of Carnuntum, a former Roman city in the east of Vienna.
A reconstruction of an ancient Roman groma seen at a festival in Carnuntum, Austria. At that event, I learned how the ancient Romans used this tool for surveying straight lines, squares and rectangles. In the background, you see the reconstruction of a Roman ballista.