Austria, 2011

Some of the original church photos in this collection are large, which was necessary to pick up the amazing detail. Select "slideshow" at the top right, which shows much better clarity than clicking on the thumbnails. All of these Vienna church photos were taken on a 4 hour whirlwind, self-guided tour on May 26, 2011. Many central Europe churches have limited public access, keep odd hours, and are closed for big blocks of time during the day-all of which must be planned around.

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St. Stephen's Cathedral. Time and pollution have darkened the soft and vulnerable white limestone structure, but cleaning and restoration is underway. New techniques in restoring old buildings are allowing not only effective cleaning and color restoration without any abrasion, but they even keep the valuable patina of the original surfaces.

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