Photo: Maria Theresa Square Vienna
The Maria Theresa Square is in the downtown core of Vienna, Austria with the statue being the center of attention.
The statue of Empress Maria Theresa is a prominent figure in the square of downtown Vienna in Austria, Europe. Maria Theresa was the Holy Roman Empress from 1745 to 1780 and during the period of the Habsburg Dynasty, was the only known woman to have ruled.Maria Theresa was considered to be one of the most competent rulers and brought harmony to the Habsburgh Monarchy. She was very much involved with the onset of financial and educational reforms, buying, selling and developing agriculture and reorganizing the army.Brought up as a single child, as her younger brother died as an infant, she was guaranteed by her father to the right to succeed his Austrian throne. She married Francis I, Duke of Lorraine and together they had sixteen children. Eleven of them were daughters, with the youngest being Maria Antonia, which we all know as Marie Antoinette.The statue in the downtown square in Vienna, Austria is a great reminder of the good that Maria Theresa did during her role in leadership and it is an important landmark in the square. ... continue below the picture...
Maria Theresa Square Vienna
Square in Vienna, Austria.
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... Statue of Empress Maria Theresa in the Maria Theresa Square, Vienna, Austria, Europe
Technical Information:
I photographed this photo with the digital SLR camera model Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, aperture of f/5.6, exposure time of 1/400 sec. on ISO 100, as always I used a original Canon Lens, the focus lenght for this picture was 32mm.
The Maria Theresa Square is in the downtown core of Vienna, Austria with the statue being the center of attention.
