Politics

Maria Theresa of Austria

1717–1780Known worldwide

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

Created here
Burgtheater
The most important German-language theater in the world.
Lived here
Hofburg Palace
The former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty and the official residence of the president of Austria.
Burial place
Imperial Crypt
The crypt places the dynasty's public grandeur beside its private disasters: Franz Joseph lies between his assassinated wife Elisabeth and their son Crown Prince Rudolf, whose death at Mayerling was initially disguised with false official explanations. Their adjacent sarcophagi turn the monarchy's carefully managed image into a compact family tragedy.
Commemorated here
Maria-Theresien-Platz
A large public square featuring the Maria-Theresia Memorial and two major museums.

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