Friday, April 9, 2010 (Part 1):We spent much of our day today at the Hofburg Palace. It's a huge complex, and on the second floor of one wing is the Prunksaal or Hall of Honor. The Prunksaal is part of the Austrian National Library. It is a beautiful, vaulted room full of old, rare books. In fact, remember Prince Eugene and his Belvedere palaces? One of the things he collected was books and, at his death, his book collection was purchased by the King and can now be found in the Prunksaal.
The walls in this room are about 30 feet tall and are filled, floor to ceiling, with bookcases and tall ladders used to reach the books stored on the upper most shelves. This room also has some beautiful murals on the
ceilings, and a collection of four wonderful globes. The globes are several hundred years old and stand about 5 feet tall. Two of them are globes of the earth. The other two are celestial globes - depicting the constellations.
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