Weltausstellung 1873 Wien

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The Weltausstellung 1873 Wien was the large World exposition which was held in 1873 in the Austrian-Hungarian capital of Vienna.

A lot of special buildings were erected for this exposition. The most famous were:

• the Rotunde, a large circular building in the great park of Prater, and
• the Riesenrad (giant wheel or Ferris wheel), an early predecessor of the London Eye, with a height of 65 meters.

External links

• [The Rotunda of the 1873 Vienna International Exhibition]
• [Images from the exhibtion]

 

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