The Neuer Markt
A Walk of Architecture and Sculpture
Walk through an unforgettable strip of art and beauty. The Neuer Markt (New Market), one of the oldest squares in Vienna, is located west of the Karntner street (Kärntner Straße). During the Second World War, the square was heavily damaged. Many buildings were lost and replaced by modern ones.
The most famous building on the Neuer Markt is the Capuchin Church (Kapuzinerkirche). Below it is the resting place of the Habsburgs in the Capuchin Crypt. Nearby you'll find the Ambassador Hotel and the house built for the Gebrüder Wild, a former traditional delicacy shop built in the style of the German Renaissance with a facade of the "Old German period". Also check out the Mayseder house, one of the oldest houses on the square, and the premises of the traditional jeweler AE Köchert.
Providentia fountainOne of the most important and impressive parts of the Neuer Markt is the Donnerbrunnen, the popular name for the Providentia fountain designed by Georg Raphael Donner and built from 1737 to 1739. It was a popular meeting place of the Viennese subculture in the 1980s.
In the middle of the fountain stands the Providentia, a symbol of foresight or good government. It is surrounded by four allegorical figures representing rivers in the Archduchy of Austria.
