Another great tour for architecture buffs

Trip Start May 13, 2012

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Flag of Austria Stein an der Donau, Architecture Tour, Lower Austria, Austria
Saturday, August 25, 2012

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Und cloister between towns of Krems & Stein	Kuntshalle is most famous museum in town	Cartoon lovers will delight in this museum	15th c. Kremser Tower led to Krems
1263 Pfarrkirche	Stein & Krems were distinct towns, now joined	Often identical, adjoining houses were built	Houses from 1551 on main street
This is the main street in bustling town	1400-1/4 of all regional wine exported from Stein	Typical painted facade of the period	1677 bakery
1580 home with interesting design	Old city hall from 1470 now outdoors store	St. Nicholas Church from 1263	Set of customs rules show town existed in 903
1715 statue	New city hall 1779 plays host to wedding	The Martha Stewart of the neighborhood	Passageway dates from 1263
Towers used for security and fire lookouts	Not as busy as Krems;train station further	1536 Renaissance facade	Bastions and gates often developed later
Love Austria & Switzerland for their flowerboxes	Family bike outings very popular	Modern construction along the Danube 1876	Linzer Tor from 15th century
Home of peach liqueur, Bailoni	Town had an early salt monopoly on Danube	Town long & narrow with terraced vineyards above	1744 Statue of Virgin Mary
1639 home with great windowboxes	Amazing that any old frescoes have survived	Excellent map with historical information	Late 16th c. church spire tallest in town
Rooftop view across Stein and the Danube	Church abandoned in 18th c., now war memorial	Wonderful place to raise family & for kids to play	Stairway into town w/leaves changing color distant
Gate on north side of old town	Monument to town's wine-growing history	Setting looks like November instead of August	They must have a secret to this
Old city walls now function as residential walls	Rather plain tower on NE corner of town	Pretty way to have privacy on your balcony	Most expensive birdhouses I've ever seen!
More recent art nouveau bldgs link 2 towns	Surprised town isn't more popular w/tourists	Imposing Baroque burgher house from 1720

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