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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  • Tourist attraction
  • …lies at an elevation of 165 metres (541 feet)
  • …is also known as “Urania, Vienna”
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …dates from 1910
  • …has 5 floors
  • Description: architectural structure in Vienna
  • Address: Uraniastraße 1, Wien, 1010

Places of Interest Nearby

Discover University of Applied Arts Vienna and St. Stephen’s Cathedral.
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University
The is an arts…
390 metres south of Urania
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Church
St. Stephen's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church…
1 km southwest of Urania
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Museum
The MAK – Museum of Applied Arts is an arts and crafts…
480 metres south of Urania

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bermudadreieck and Inner East.
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Neighborhood
is a neighborhood.
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's is an artificial island formed between the river and the Donaukanal.
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Locality
The , often simply known as the Prater…

Urania

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Latitude
48.21155° or 48° 12′ 42″ north
Longitude
16.38378° or 16° 23′ 2″ east
Open location code
8FWR696M+JG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 9703218
Open­Street­Map feature
building = retail
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism = attraction
Geo­Names ID
10346422
Wiki­data ID
Q259553

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swahili—“Urania” goes by many names.
أورانياArabic
ՈւրանիաArmenian
UraniaBavarian
乌剌尼亚天文台Chinese
UraniaDutch
UraniaEstonian
Urania (Viin)Estonian
UraniaFrench
Urania, ViennaFulah
UraniaGerman
אורניהHebrew
Urania (Bécs)Hungarian
Uránia Ismeretterjesztő TársaságHungarian
Urania, WinaIndonesian
ウラニア天文台 (ウィーン)Japanese
UraniaLatin
UrānijaLatvian
UraniaPolish
Urania (Wiedeń)Polish
Palatul Urania din VienaRomanian
УранияRussian
UraniaSpanish
Uchunguzi UraniaSwahili

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