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Urania

Urania is a public educational institute and observatory in , Austria. Urania Observatory was built in 1909 according to the plans of Art Nouveau style architect Max Fabiani at the outlet of the Wien River and was opened in 1910 by Franz Joseph I of Austria as an educational facility with a public .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: architectural structure in Vienna
  • Also known as: “Urania, Vienna”
  • Address: Uraniastraße 1, Wien, 1010
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include University of Applied Arts Vienna and St. Stephen’s Cathedral.

University
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The is an arts university and institution of higher education in , the capital of Austria. It has had university status since 1970. is situated 390 metres south of Urania.

Church
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St. Stephen's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in , and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Schönborn. is situated 1 km southwest of Urania.

Museum
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The MAK – Museum of Applied Arts is an arts and crafts museum located at Stubenring 5 in Vienna's 1st district . Besides its traditional orientation towards arts and crafts and design, the museum especially focuses on architecture and contemporary art. is situated 480 metres south of Urania.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bermudadreieck and Inner East.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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's is an artificial island formed between the river and the Donaukanal. The island contains large expanses of parks and forests, including the famous Prater park with the permanent funfair including the Riesenrad Ferris wheel.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Urania

Latitude
48.21155° or 48° 12′ 42″ north
Longitude
16.38378° or 16° 23′ 2″ east
Elevation
164 metres (538 feet)
Inception
1910
Levels
5
Open location code
8FWR696M+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 9703218
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­retail
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
10346422
Wiki­data ID
Q259553
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Urania” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أورانيا”
  • Armenian: “Ուրանիա”
  • Bavarian: “Urania”
  • Chinese: “乌剌尼亚天文台”
  • Dutch: “Urania”
  • Estonian: “Urania (Viin)”
  • Estonian: “Urania”
  • French: “Urania”
  • Fulah: “Urania, Vienna”
  • German: “Urania”
  • Hebrew: “אורניה”
  • Hungarian: “Urania (Bécs)”
  • Hungarian: “Uránia Ismeretterjesztő Társaság”
  • Indonesian: “Urania, Wina”
  • Japanese: “ウラニア天文台 (ウィーン)”
  • Latin: “Urania”
  • Latvian: “Urānija”
  • Polish: “Urania (Wiedeń)”
  • Polish: “Urania”
  • Romanian: “Palatul Urania din Viena”
  • Russian: “Урания”
  • Spanish: “Urania”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Urania”. Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY 2.5.