We did get to the Graben Strasse – a large square surrounded
by buildings representing a variety of architectural styles – from Baroque to
Art Deco. It boasted an antique carousel in the middle, and tons of horse-drawn
carriages. Graben (means ditch as this stretch of road was once a ditch, used
as a moat by the Romans). The actual street is lined with stores (which you
can’t afford unless you are into $40,000 Omega watches!) and wealthy apartments.
Halfway up the street is the Graben & Plague Monument (Pestsaule). It is a
monument to the more than one third of Viennese population that lost their
lives to the Plague of 1679.
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