Landstra e, Vienna
Landstraße (literally "country road") is the 3rd District of Vienna. It has 81,281 inhabitants (2001) in an area of 7.42 km². It has existed since approx. 1200 AD. In the neighbourhood of Erdberg the English King Richard the Lionheart was captured in 1192 after the unsuccessful 3rd crusade.
To tourists, it is mostly known for the 18th century castle and gardens of Belvedere, the residence of Prince Eugene of Savoy which today houses the Austrian Gallery. Another residence was built by the Russian envoy to Vienna, Count Razumovsky. A more recent point of interest is the "Hundertwasser-House" designed in a dream-like style by the architect and painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
Austrian Chancellor Metternich (1773-1859) once remarked that "Asia begins at the Landstraße" — what was then a mere road out of Vienna towards the east.
