A. Central avant-corps
B. Statues in the niches
C. Statues on the balustrade
The statues on the Burgring façade (nrs C-29 to C-34) could not be photographed because of the scaffolding.
Bellariastraße, Left avant-corps |
C-1. Anaxagoras (c.510-428 BC),
Greek pre-Socratic philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Beer
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C-2. Empedocles (c.490-c.430 BC)
Greek pre-Socratic philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Beer
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C-3. Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Greek philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
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C-4. Herodotus (484-c.426 BC)
Greek historian
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
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Bellariastraße, median avant-corps |
C-5. Theophrastus (c.371-c.287 BC)
Greek philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Schrödl
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C-6. Strabo 64 (or 63 BC-c.?24 AD)
Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Mailler
|
C-7. Pedanius Dioscorides (c.40-90 AD)
Greek physician, pharmacologist, and botanist,
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Mailler
|
C-8. Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD)
Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Mitterleichner
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Bellariastraße, median avant-corps |
Bellariastraße, right avant-corps |
C-9. Galen of Pergamon (129-c.200/216)
Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Mitterleichner
|
C-10. Ptolemy (c.100-c.170)
Greco-Egyptian mathematician, astronomer, and geographer
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Mitterleichner
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C-11. Oribasius (c.320-403)
Greek medical writer
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Lahner
|
C-12. Cosmas Indicopleustes (6th cent.)
Alexandrian merchant and later hermit
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Weigl
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Bellariastraße, right avant-corps |
Museumsplatz |
C-13. Paul of Aegina (c.625-c.690)
Byzantine Greek physician
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Probst
|
C-14. Al-Masudi c.896-956)
Arab historian and geographer
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Swoboda
|
C-15. Albertus Magnus (c.1193-1280)
German Dominican friar, scholar
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Gliber
|
C-16. Marco Polo (1254-1324)
Venetian merchant traveller
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Gliber
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Museumsplatz |
C-17. Andreas Vesalius (c.1514-1564)
Brabantian anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Werner
|
C-18. Conrad von Gessner (1516-1565)
Swiss naturalist and bibliographer
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Werner
|
C-19. Carolus Clusius (1526-1609)
Flemish doctor and pioneering botanist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Hofmann von Aspernburg
|
C-20. Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Hofmann von Aspernburg
|
Maria-Theresienplatz, left avant-corps |
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C-21. GOTTFIED
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
German mathematician and philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Costenoble
|
C-22. JOSEF PITTON
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656-1708)
French botanist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Costenoble
|
C-23. GEORGE LOUIS BUFFON
Georges Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon (1707-1788)
French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Costenoble
|
C-24. CARL LINNE
Carl von Linné (Linnaeus) (1707-1778)
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Costenoble
|
Maria-Theresienplatz, right avant-corps |
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C-25. NICOLAUS JAQUIN
Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817)
Dutch-Austrian physician, chemist and botanist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Deloye
|
C-26. RENE JUST HAUY
René-Just Haüy (1743-1822)
French mineralogist
(Wikipedia)
Sculpted by Deloye
|
C-27. JOH. C. FABRICIUS
Johann Christian Fabricius (1745-1808)
Danish zoologist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Deloye
|
C-28. LAURENT JUSSIEU
Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu (1748-1836)
French botanist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Deloye
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Burgring |
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C-29. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer
(Wikipedia)..
Sculpted by Tilgner
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C-30. Georges Cuvier (1769-1832)
French naturalist and zoologist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Deloye
|
C-31. Robert Brown (1773-1858)
Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Schrödl
|
C-32. Friedrich Mohs (1773-1839)
German geologist and mineralogist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Beer
|
D. The heads above the windows
The names are below the windows. All heads have a black bird protection 'hat'.
The heads on the Burgring façade (nrs D-56 to D-64) could not be photographed because of the scaffolding.
Bellariastraße, Left avant-corps |
Bellariastraße, between left and median avant-corps |
D-1. THALES V. MILET
Thales of Miletus (624-c.548 BC)
Greek/Phonecian pre-Socratic philosopher, mathematician and astronomer
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Koch
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D-2. ANAXIMANDER
Anaximander (c.610-545 BC)
Greek pre-Socratic philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Koch
|
D-3. HERAKLIT
Heraclitus of Ephesus (c.535-c.475 BC)
Greek philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Koch
|
D-4. DEMOKRIT
Democritus (c.460-c.370 BC)
Greek pre-Socratic philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Koch
|
Bellariastraße, between left and median avant-corps |
D-5. HIPPOKRATES
Hippocrates of Kos (c.460-c.370 BC)
Greek physician
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Koch
|
D-6. ERASISTRATUS
Erasistratus (c. 304-c.250 BC)
Greek anatomist and royal physician
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Koch
|
D-7. EUCLID
Euclid of Megara (c. 435-c.364 BC)
Greek Socratic philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Werner
|
D-8. ARCHIMEDES
Archimedes of Syracuse (c.287-c.212 BC)
Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Werner
|
Bellariastraße, between left and median avant-corps |
Bellariastraße, median avant-corps |
D-9. HIPPARCH
Hipparchus of Nicaea (c.190-c.120 BC)
Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Werner
|
D-10. NIKANDER KOL.
Nicander of Colophon (2nd cent. BC)
Greek poet, physician and grammarian
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Werner
|
D-11. PYTHAGORAS
Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570-c. 495 BC)
Ionian Greek philosopher and mathematician
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Werner
|
D-12. SOKRATES
Socrates (c.469-399 BC)
Greek (Athenian) philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Werner
|
Bellariastraße, median avant-corps |
Bellariastraße, between median and right avant-corps |
D-13. PLATO
Plato (c.427-348/347 BC)
Greek philosopher, as well as mathematician
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Werner
|
D-14. MOH. BEN GEBER
Al-Battani (Albategnius) (c.858-929)
Arab astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Streschnak
|
D-15. ISID. V. SEVILLA
St. Isidore of Seville (c.560-636)
scholar and Archbishop of Seville, the last of the Fathers of the Church
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Streschnak
|
D-16. MOH. KAZWIMI
Zakariya al-Qazwini (c.1203-1283)
Arab or Persian physician, astronomer, geographer and proto-science fiction writer
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Streschnak
|
Bellariastraße, between median and right avant-corps |
D-17. GEBER V. SEVILLA
Jabir ibn Aflah (1100-1150)
Muslim astronomer and mathematician
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Streschnak
|
D-18. AVICENNA
Ibn Sīnā (c.980-1037)
Persian polymath
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Streschnak
|
D-19. V. V. BEAUVAIS
Vincent of Beauvais (c.1190-c.1264)
author the Speculum Maius, the main encyclopedia in the Middle Ages
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Streschnak
|
D-20. THEOPHR. PARACELSUS
Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, genannt Paracelsus (c.1493-1541)
Swiss-German physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Streschnak
|
Bellariastraße, between median and right avant-corps |
Bellariastraße, right avant-corps |
Museumplatz, left façade |
D-21. U. ALDROVANDI
Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605)
Italian naturalist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Streschnak
|
D-22. J. JOHNSTONIUS
John Jonston (1603-1675)
Polish scholar and physician
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Streschnak
|
D-23. G. MERCATOR
Gerard Mercator (1512-1594)
Flemish-German cartographer
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Streschnak
|
D-24. E. BARTHOLIN
Rasmus Bartholin (1625-1698)
Danish scientist, physician and grammarian
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Fritsch
|
Museumplatz, left façade |
Museumplatz, median avant-corps |
D-25. CH. HUYGHENS
Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695)
Dutch mathematician and scientist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Fritsch
|
D-26. ROBERT BOYLE
Robert Boyle (1627-1691)
Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist and inventor
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Fritsch
|
D-27. JOHN RAY
John Ray (1627-1705)
English naturalist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Fritsch
|
D-28. A. LEEUWENHOEK
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)
Dutch tradesman and scientist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Fritsch
|
Museumplatz, median avant-corps |
Museumplatz, right façade |
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D-29. J. SWAMMERDAM
Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680)
Dutch biologist and microscopist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Fritsch
|
D-30. NICOL. STENO
Nicolaus Steno (Niels Steensen) (1638-1686)
Danish scientist, a pioneer in both anatomy and geology
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Fritsch
|
D-31. ALB. V. HALLER
Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777)
Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Fritsch
|
D-32. JOH. WALLERIUS
Johan Gottschalk Wallerius (1709-1785)
Swedish chemist and mineralogist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Fritsch
|
Maria-Theresien-Platz, left avant-corps |
Maria-Theresien-Platz, Façade between left and median avant-corps |
D-33. IMANUEL KANT
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
German philosopher
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Dorn
|
D-34. A. CRONSTEDT
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722-1765)
Swedish mineralogist and chemist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Dorn
|
D-35. JAMES HUTTON
James Hutton (1726-1797)
Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Dorn
|
D-36. ROMÉ DE L'ISLE
Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle (1736-1790)
French mineralogist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Dorn
|
Maria-Theresien-Platz, Façade between left and median avant-corps |
D-37. H.B. SAUSSURE
Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799)
Swiss geologist, meteorologist, physicist and Alpine explorer
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Dorn
|
D-38. GEORGE FORSTER
Georg Forster (1754-1794)
German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Dorn
|
D-39. PET. SIM. PALLAS
Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811)
German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Dorn
|
D-40. M.H. KLAPROTH
Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743-1817)
German chemist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Dorn
|
Maria-Theresien-Platz, Façade between left and median avant-corps |
Maria-Theresien-Platz, Median avant-corps |
D-41. E.FL. CHLADNI
Ernst Chladni (1756-1827)
German physicist and musician
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Dorn
|
D-42. WILLIAM SMITH
William Smith (1769-1839)
English geologist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Dorn
|
D-43. WILLIAM HARVEY
William Harvey (1578-1657)
English physician
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
|
D-44. KOPERNIKUS
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543)
Polish astronomer
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
|
Maria-Theresien-Platz, Median avant-corps |
Maria-Theresien-Platz, Façade between median and right avant-corps |
D-45. G. AGRIKOLA
Georg Agricola (1494-1555)
German Catholic, scholar and scientist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
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D-46. J.B. LAMARCK
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1828)
French naturalist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
|
D-47. P.S. LAPLACE
Pierre-Simon Marquis Laplace (1749-1827)
French mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
|
D-48. JAK. BERZELIUS
Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779-1848)
Swedish chemist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
|
Maria-Theresien-Platz, Façade between median and right avant-corps |
D-49. J.F. BLUMENBACH
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840)
German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
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D-50. LORENZ OKEN
Lorenz Oken (Okenfuss) (1779-1851)
German naturalist, botanist, biologist, and ornithologist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
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D-51. CH.G. EHRENBERG
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876)
German naturalist, zoologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
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D-52. ALC. D'ORBIGNY
Alcide d'Orbigny (1802-1857)
French naturalist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
|
Maria-Theresien-Platz, Façade between median and right avant-corps |
Maria-Theresien-Platz, Right avant-corps |
Burgring, Left façade |
D-53. CH.SAM. WEISS
Christian Samuel Weiß (1780-1856)
German mineralogist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
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D-54. GUST. BISCHOF
Karl Gustav Bischof (1792-1870)
German chemist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
|
D-55. ABR. G. WERNER
Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817)
German geologist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Rössner
|
D-56. Léonce Élie de Beaumont (1798-1874)
French geologist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Beyer
|
Burgring, Left façade |
Burgring, Median avant-corps |
D-57. Johannes Peter Müller (1801-1858)
German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Beyer
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D-58. Stephan Endlicher (1804-1849)
Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Beyer
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D-59. Carl Ritter (1779-1859)
German geographer
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Beyer
|
D-60. Wilhelm von Haidinger (1795-1871)
Austrian mineralogist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Beyer
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Burgring, Median avant-corps |
Burgring, Right façade |
D-61. Charles Lyell (1797-1875)
British lawyer and geologist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Beyer
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D-62. Karl Ernst von Baer (1792-1876)
Estonian scientist and explorer
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Beyer
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D-63. Angelo Secchi (1818-1878)
Italian astronomer
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Beyer
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D-64. Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
English naturalist and geologist
(Wikipedia).
Sculpted by Beyer
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