!!!Hoher Markt

Hoher Markt, in the 1%%sup st/%  district of Vienna, former area 
around the "via principalis" of the Roman camp of Vindobona, in the 
Middle Ages centre of middle-class Vienna with numerous guild halls, 
1328-1839 used as main tribunal square. Vermaehlungsbrunnen (Marriage 
fountain) in its centre, built in wood around 1706 by J. B. 
Fischer von Erlach, built in marble and metal 1729-32 by his son 
Joseph Emanuel. In 1948 Roman officers´ quarters were found, 
open to visitors since 1950. The building displaying the  Ankeruhr is 
also located on the Hoher Markt.


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