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  Urania - Search Results - MSN Encarta
In Greek mythology, Urania (heavenly) was the muse of astronomy and astrology.
The Urania is a public educational institute and observatory in Vienna.
Urania In Greek religion, one of the nine Muses, patron of astronomy.
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  Vienna Encyclopedia Article, History, Biography @ Local Color Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Situated on both sides of the river Danube, Vienna is 40 kilometres from the Slovakian border, and 50 kilometres from the Slovakian capital, Bratislava.
Vienna International Airport located in Lower Austria near Schwechat, 1400 for the UN Complex, 1450 for the Austria Center, and 1500 for the Austrian UN-Forces.
Ruprecht's Church (the oldest in Vienna) and the Bermuda Bräu microbrewery became the now-popular "Bermuda Triangle." It is the one area of the inner city district where relatively loud music and noise is tolerated.
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 Vienna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Exceptions of that are 1300 for the Vienna International Airport located in Lower Austria near Schwechat, 1400 for the UN Complex, 1450 for the Austria Center, and 1500 for the Austrian UN-Forces.
Vienna is the seat of the Viennese Roman Catholic archdiocese, and its acting Archbishop is Cardinal Christoph Schönborn.
Vienna is connected to water by the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal via the port in Rotterdam and its nearby German Industrial areas, as well as Eastern European countries up to the Black Sea.
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 Travel Austria » Vienna Sights
Albertina is a museum in the centre of Vienna.
Urania was built in 1897 according to a plan from Berlin by the Lower Austrian commerce club for an institute of popular science.
The Urania building is located on the confluence of the danube canal and the Viennese river in the Radetzkystrasse.
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 Vienna Austria | Vienna Austria Hotel | Vienna Austria Travel
A must for tourists is the Schloss Schönbrunn, the former seat and residence of the Habsburgs, with its parks, the palm house, the butterfly house and zoo.
Vienna is a traditional melting pot for what used to be a multinational empire during the Habsburg monarchy.
Vienna Opera House is situated in the frist district of Vienna at the southern end of the Kärntnerstrasse.
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 Vienna | YAPC::EU | 2007 | Vienna | 28th to 30th August 2007
With a population of about 1.6 million (2.2 million within the metro area), Vienna is by far the largest city in Austria as well as its cultural, economic and political centre.
Also free mp3 guided vienna audio tours and a downloadable vienna map (with pictures of sights) in different languages is available at your-friend.
The labyrinth of medieval streets east of Rotenturmstraße in the 1st district is one of Vienna's most attractive areas and at the confluence of Bäckerstraße and Postgasse lies the Dr.-Ignaz-Seipl-Platz, studded with impressive buildings like the academy of sciences.
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 Encyclopedia: Urania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Powdered yellowcake in a drum Yellowcake (also known as urania and uranic oxide) is concentrated uranium oxide, obtained through the milling of uranium ore....
In Greek mythology, Urania ("heavenly") was the muse of astronomy and astrology.
Her name has been used to name astronomical observatories such as the Urania in Berlin, Vienna, Zurich and Antwerp and Uraniborg on the island of Hven.
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 Encyclopedia article on Vienna [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Vienna ( German : Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austria's nine federal state s ( Bundesland Wien).
Vienna is the seat of the Viennese archdiocese, and its acting Archbishop is Cardinal Christoph Schönborn.
Vienna is also Austria's main center of education and home to many universities, professional college s and gymnasium s.
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 ZoomVienna: Vienna Photos, Pictures of Vienna, Vienna Culture, Bilder von Wien and Visitor Information
The Urania, located in the heart of Vienna on the Donaukanal is a public educational building and observatory.
It was built according to the plans of Art Nouveau architect Max Fabiani (a student of Otto Wagner) at the mouth of the Wien River and was opened in 1910 by Emperor Franz Joseph as an educational center with a public observatory.
Today, the Urania also has seminar rooms in which wide-ranging classes and lectures are given, a movie theater that screens at the annual Viennale film festival, and a puppet theater originally created by Hans Kraus.
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One of the most disputed building projects of the late 20th century, the modern Haas House of Vienna was built by the Viennese architect Hans Hollein.
Two more attractions in the Prater are the Vienna Wurschtlprater, a fun fair with a Giant Ferris Wheel (Riesenrad) and the Lilliputian Railroad (Liliputbahn), a 2.6 mile amusement park line on a gauge of old steam locomotives, which provides transportation to the Trade Fair grounds as well as to the Prater Stadium.
The Vienna Opera House has won world-wide repute for its first-class opera performances and is further acclaimed because of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
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 Vienna Sightseeing - Ring Boulevard (Ringstrasse), Vienna City Center @about-vienna.org
Vienna Ring Boulevard is 4 kilometres long and circles the city centre.
Ring boulevard was generously planned, leaving sufficient space for a shaded avenue and monumental buildings like Hofburg, Austrian Parliament, State Opera House, Museum of Fine Arts, the first public observatory Urania and Vienna university among others.
Various styles were copied to underline the function of the buildings: the Museum of Fine Arts and its counterpart the Museum of Natural History were built to resemble Italian Renaissance, so was the Vienna Opera House.
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 Urania - The History
Vienna Urania public observatory, directed 1971-2000 by Professor Hermann Mucke.
I decided not to study astronomy because I am not so interested in the current problems of astrophysics, but rather in the history of astronomy, in old celestial maps, and archeo- and ethnoastronomy, which are even more "fringe subjects" in these days.
For the new version I chose the name of Urania/48, in memory of the Muse of Astronomy and of the name of the Vienna Urania Public Observatory where I was assistant 1988-1996 and then guide until 2001, when Urania Observatory was closed for renovation.
www.cg.tuwien.ac.at /~gzotti/hp/urania/history.html   (1259 words)

  
 SUMMARY (Samson Munn)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Three visits to Vienna were required in the year before the encounter in order to organize the participants, to prepare for the group and conscientiously to try to meet with each participant.
The second Vienna meeting was preceded the night before by an author's book-reading held at "Urania", a large and very well-known center for adult education and film in Vienna.
Poignantly, Urania had long been a cultural center and had been frequented by the author's father during his childhood and was remembered fondly by him.
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 Encyclopedia: List of observatories   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Urania is a public educational institute and observatory in Vienna.
Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austrias nine federal states (Bundesland Wien).
Uraniborg was the astronomical/astrological observatory of Tycho Brahe; built circa 1576-1580 on Hven (also known as Ven or Hveen), an island in the Öresund; between Zealand and Scania.
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 Hotels in Vienna , Austria
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth To Twentieth Century)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
On the other hand Plautus and Terence found more numerous imitators, whose works did not degenerate into ribaldry, as is seen from the attempts of Poggio, Beccadelli, Bruni, Fidelfo, etc. These humanistic attempts attained a measure of success in the school drama.
A beginning was made with the production of the ancient dramas in the original text; such productions were introduced into the curriculum of the Liège school of the Hieronomites and they are occasionally mentioned at Vienna, Rostock, and Louvain.
But, instead of accumulating further names, let us bring forward just a few of the more important poems: the "Puer Jesus" of Tommaso Ceva must be placed in the front rank of idyllic compositions; the "Life of Mary" (2086 distichs) of the Brazilian missionary, Venerable Joseph de Anchieta, is a model for similar works.
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 lastminute.com: the best events happening around the world - whatsonwhen.com - global events guide
Once the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Vienna retains its imperial façade with wide boulevards, imposing palaces and an air of civilised grandeur.
The Secessionist movement (Klimt, Schiele) took off in late-19th century Vienna, while the smoke-filled coffee houses harboured the great revolutionaries of the 20th century: Freud, Marx and Trotsky.
Home to the Vienna Philharmonic and the peerless Vienna State Opera, modern art (Kunst Wien), Old Masters (Kunsthistorisches), wacky architecture (Kunst Haus Wien) and the brand new MuseumsQuartier, even the most dedicated culture vulture will find themselves overwhelmed.
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 Definition of Vienna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
However, those buses go only every thirty minutes.
Like the train lines, the old freeways (Late Federal Highways) leave the city in a star shapped pattern.
The list of authors can be found here.
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 Wittgenstein Preis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Proceedings of the Symposium held on the Occasion of Walter Dostal's 60th Birthday in Vienna, 7th and 8th April 1988.
January 1998: Der Böse Blick und die Hand der Fatima, Lecture held at the ÖOG/HP, Vienna.
June 1997: Schmuck und Magie in Nordafrika, Lecture held at the ÖOG/HP, Vienna.
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 Wien - Urania - Volksbidungshaus - Planetarium - Sternwarte - Kino - Donaukanal
Das Volksbildungshaus Wiener Urania ist eine gemeinnützige Einrichtung und hat den Zweck, Bildung und Wissenserweiterung zu fördern und zu vermitteln.
Die Urania veranstaltet Filmtage und hat ein großes Angebot an Reisevorträgen.
Die Urania verfügt über eine Sternwarte, das Planetarium und ein Kino.
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 anArchitecture - Architecture WebLog
The rebuilding of the Vienna Urania has been finished.
Architect Dimitris Manikas has succeeded in preserving the spirit of the architecture by Max Fabiani (1910) and, however, has created modern contemporary spaces.
The Vienna Urania is a house for adult education and the Viennale film festival.
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 The Big Band Arrangers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Spud had studied conducting with Ivan Boutnikoff, former conductor of the Brussels Symphony, The Vienna Philharmonic and the Bolshoi Ballet.
In 1951, he became musical director for singer Pearl Bailey, and for a while he led her band on theatre engagements as well as appearing in a small acting role in her 1954-55 Broadway show "House of Flowers".
In '58-59, He cut several albums for Roulette and and one for the Urania label after many years of complete inactivity as an instrumentalist.
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 Miguel del Aguila Works
20:30 1986 Urania Theater, Vienna 1986, Renate Roman sop, Miguel del Aguila pno.
Op.27 TOCCATA - harpsichord 3:30 1988 Palais Wilhelminenhoff Vienna 1989.
Op.35 VIENNA - cello, piano 15:00 1991 Bösendorfersaal Vienna 1992.
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 Google Earth Hacks - Urania, Vienna
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 Mapping the IAU/MPC observatory codes using Internet resources
045 - L/L: 016:20:20/+48:13:55 - Vienna (since 1879) (+48.0406).
537 - L/L: 013:21:51/+52:31:34 - Urania Observatory, Berlin (+52.3400).
545 - L/L: 016:22:54/+48:12:35 - Vienna (before 1879) (+48.0183).
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 HOTEL URANIA VIENNA HOTEL URANIA PICTURES HOTEL URANIA PICTURES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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Pictures of the reception, the room, the restaurant, the exterior, the view from the room, the pool, etc. — anything and everything that shows both the good and the bad about the Hotel Urania.
Take a video pan at the hotel or put yourself on camera and tell other travelers on video what the Hotel Urania is really like.
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 Danube-channel (Donaukanal) - Looking from bridge Schwedenbruecke - A ship, in the background the cupola of Urania.
Danube-channel (Donaukanal) - Looking from bridge Schwedenbruecke - A ship, in the background the cupola of Urania.
Looking from bridge Schwedenbruecke, A ship, in the background the cupola of Urania.
A ship, in the background the cupola of Urania.
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 Donaukanal - Blick von der Schwedenbrücke - Ein Schiff, im Hintergrund die Kuppel der Urania.
Blick von der Schwedenbrücke, Ein Schiff, im Hintergrund die Kuppel der Urania.
Ein Seitenarm der Donau, der die Bezirke Leopoldstadt (2.) und Brigittenau (20.) von der Innenstadt trennt.
Ein Schiff, im Hintergrund die Kuppel der Urania.
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 Urania, Hotel, Obere Weissgerberstrasse, Vienna, Austria
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 Restaurants Near Urania Sternwarte, Vienna | MyTravelGuide.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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 Urania Puppentheater | Vienna | WCities Destination Guide
This "Punch and Judy" show is held in the Urania building, the same one that houses the observatory, and shows pieces suitable for children of around four years old.
The program includes some well-known stories such as "Pezi's Adventures" or "Little Red Hiding Hood and features some really fantastic puppets.
The shows take place from April to October.
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