Belvedere
2010-07-14  I usually don't take 'tourist pictures' in Vienna, but after dropping off my wife for a women's group (in an air conditioned cafe) I decided to go to Belvedere to take pictures of flowers in the gardens and couldn't resist at least one classic shot.  So here is a 'postcard shot'.
The Palace and grounds were Prince Eugen of Savoy's reward for helping defeat the Turks in 1717 and other military victories for the Habsburg Empire.  He was a military leader, diplomat, and advisor to three Austrian emperors.