Spanish Riding School
The Spanish Riding School is an Austrian institution based in Vienna, dedicated to the preservation of classical dressage and the training of Lipizzaner horses, whose performances in the Hofburg are also a tourist attraction.Photo: sparre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: traditional riding school in Vienna, Austria
- Also known as: “Spanische Hofreitschule”
- Address: Michaelerplatz 1, Wien, 1010
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include State Hall of the Austrian National Library and Albertina.
State Hall of the Austrian National Library
Museum
Photo: Richard Hopkins, CC BY 2.0.
The Austrian National Library is the largest library in Austria, with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the Neue Burg Wing of the Hofburg in center of Vienna. State Hall of the Austrian National Library is situated 130 metres south of Spanish Riding School.
Albertina
Museum
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt of Vienna, Austria. 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. Albertina is situated 320 metres south of Spanish Riding School.
Imperial Treasury
Museum
Photo: Gryffindor, Public domain.
The Imperial Treasury at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria contains a valuable collection of secular and ecclesiastical treasures covering over a thousand years of European history.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bermudadreieck and Naschmarkt.
Naschmarkt
Locality
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Naschmarkt is a popular fruit and vegetable market in Vienna. Located at the Wienzeile over the Wien River, it is about 1.5 kilometres long. Originally known as Aschenmarkt, it started to be called the Naschmarket around 1820.
Spanish Riding School
- Categories: riding school and tourism
- Location: Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.20731° or 48° 12′ 26″ northLongitude
16.36671° or 16° 22′ 0″ eastElevation
169 metres (554 feet)Open location code
8FWR6948+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 62626088OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
12509129Wikidata ID
Q269273
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Spanish Riding School” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مدرسة ركوب الخيل الإسبانية”
- Aragonese: “Escuela Espanyola d’Equitación”
- Armenian: “Ձիավարության իսպանական դպրոց”
- Catalan: “Escola Espanyola d’Equitació”
- Chinese: “西班牙马术学校”
- Chinese: “西班牙骑术学校”
- Croatian: “Španjolska škola jahanja”
- Czech: “Španělská jezdecká škola”
- Danish: “Spanske Rideskole”
- Dutch: “Spaanse rijschool”
- Esperanto: “Hispana Rajdlernejo”
- Finnish: “Espanjalainen ratsastuskoulu”
- Finnish: “Spanische Hofreitschule”
- French: “école espagnole d’équitation”
- French: “École espagnole d’équitation”
- French: “Spanische Hofreitschule”
- German: “Spanische Hofreitschule”
- German: “Neuerbaute Kayserliche Reitschule” (historical)
- Hebrew: “בית הספר הספרדי לרכיבה”
- Hungarian: “Spanyol lovasiskola”
- Hungarian: “Udvari spanyol lovasiskola”
- Italian: “Scuola di equitazione spagnola”
- Italian: “Scuola di Equitazione Spagnola”
- Japanese: “スペイン乗馬学校”
- Korean: “스페인 승마학교”
- Latin: “aedificatum Caesareum Hippodromium” (historical)
- Lithuanian: “Ispanijos jojimo mokykla Vienoje”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Spanische Hofreitschule”
- Norwegian: “Spanische Hofreitschule”
- Polish: “Hiszpańska Dworska Szkoła Jazdy Konnej”
- Polish: “Hiszpańska Dworska Szkoła Jazdy”
- Polish: “Hiszpańska Szkoła Jazdy Konnej”
- Polish: “Hiszpańska Szkoła Jazdy”
- Polish: “Spanische Hofreitschule”
- Portuguese: “Escola Espanhola de Equitação”
- Romanian: “Școala spaniolă de călărie de la Viena”
- Russian: “Императорские конюшни”
- Russian: “Испанская школа верховой езды”
- Serbian: “Шпанска школа јахања”
- Spanish: “Escuela española de equitación”
- Spanish: “Escuela Española de Equitación”
- Swedish: “Spanska ridskolan”
- Turkish: “İspanyol Binicilik Okulu”
- Ukrainian: “Іспанська школа верхової їзди”
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