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Secession Building

The Secession Building is a contemporary art exhibition hall in , Austria. It was completed in 1898 by Joseph Maria Olbrich as an architectural manifesto for the Vienna Secession, a group of rebel artists that seceded from the long-established fine art institution.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: historic exhibition hall in Vienna, Austria
  • Address: Friedrichstraße 12, Wien, 1010
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vienna State Opera and Albertina.

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The is a historic opera house and opera company based in , Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. is situated 400 metres northeast of Secession Building.

Museum
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The is a in the of , . It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings. is situated 500 metres north of Secession Building.

Museum
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The Austrian National Library is the largest in , with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the of the in of . is situated 630 metres north of Secession Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wieden and Saint Ulrich.

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is the fourth district of . Its north border is the Vienna river, the Prinz Eugen Straße the east and the Gürtel the south.

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is a suburb.

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is the 7th district of . Its border to the south is the popular Mariahilfer Strasse, to the west the Gürtel, and to the north Lerchenfelder Straße. The district contains many artsy places like the Museumsquartier.

Secession Building

Latitude
48.2005° or 48° 12′ 2″ north
Longitude
16.36578° or 16° 21′ 57″ east
Elevation
178 metres (584 feet)
Inception
1898
Named after
Vienna Secession
Open location code
8FWR6928+58
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25371168
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6354994
Wiki­data ID
Q265129
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Secession Building” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սեցեսսիոնի տուն”
  • Bavarian: “Weana Secessionsgebaide”
  • Catalan: “Secession Building”
  • Chinese: “分离派展览馆”
  • Chinese: “分離派會館”
  • Croatian: “Zgrada bečke secesije”
  • Czech: “Pavilon Secese”
  • Dutch: “Secessionsgebouw”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بناء الانفصال”
  • Esperanto: “ekspozicia konstruaĵo de la Viena Secesio”
  • Esperanto: “palaco de la Secesio”
  • Esperanto: “pavilono de la Secesio”
  • Esperanto: “Viena secesiodomo”
  • Estonian: “Secession”
  • Finnish: “Secession”
  • French: “palais de la Sécession”
  • French: “Palais de la Sécession”
  • German: “Secession”
  • German: “Wiener Secessionsgebäude”
  • Greek: “Κτήριο της Ζετσεσιόν”
  • Hebrew: “בית הזצסיון הווינאי”
  • Hungarian: “Szecessziós ház”
  • Indonesian: “Gedung Secession”
  • Italian: “Palazzo della Secessione”
  • Japanese: “セセッシオン”
  • Japanese: “セセッション館”
  • Korean: “빈 분리파 전시관”
  • Polish: “Pawilon Secesji w Wiedniu”
  • Polish: “Pawilon Secesji”
  • Romanian: “Clădirea Secesiunii”
  • Romanian: “Clădirea Secession din Viena”
  • Russian: “Дом Сецессион”
  • Russian: “Дом сецессиона”
  • Serbian: “Зграда Сецесије у Бечу”
  • Slovak: “Ausstellungsgebäude der Wiener Secession”
  • Slovenian: “Stavba dunajske secesije”
  • Spanish: “Pabellón de la Secesión”
  • Turkish: “Secession Binası”
  • Ukrainian: “Будинок сецесіону”

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