adjoins the minoriten-platz. The Minorite Church (Pl. II; B, 3),
belonging to the Italians, built in the 14th cent., with a handsome
E. portal, contains an admirable Mosaic (30 ft. long, 15 ft. high) of
Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, by Raffaeli, executed in 1806-14,
by order of Napoleon, at a cost of 400,000 florins, and placed here
in 1846. On the right is the monument of the poet Metastasio
( 1698-1782), a sitting figure in marble, by Luccardi.
On the S. side of the Minoriten-Platz is the Archives Office
(Pl. II; B, 3), open on week-days 9.30-2.30, on Sun. 10-1. On
the N.W. side rises the Starhemberg Palace (No. 7), now accommo-
dating the Ministry of Public Worship and Education. -- No. 5.
Minoriten - Platz (and No. 9 Bankgasse) is the imposing Palace of
Prince Liechtenstein (Pl. II; B, 3), built in 1699-1711 by Dom.
Martinelli (?).
A little to the S., on the N.W. side of the Burg, is the Ball-
haus-Platz with the Foreign and Crown Office. An archway on the
E. side of this Platz leads to the Schauflergasse, in which are the
buildings of the Agricultural Society (No. 6) and the Kunstgewerbe-
Verein (No. 2; adm. see p. 12 ). At the end of the Schauflergasse
is the Michaeler-Platz (p. 16).
e. The Ring-Strasse.
Tramways (pp. 4, 5). The only line that runs round the entire Ring-
Strasse is Line A 25; but parts of it are traversed by Lines A 1, 4-8, 12,
18, 22-26, 28, 29, and 31.
The Ring-Strasse, 62 yds. in breadth, which with the Franz-
Josef-Quai (see p. 40 ) encircles the inner city, has been con-
structed since 1867 mainly on the site of the old ramparts and
glacis (comp. p. 13). From the Aspern Bridge to the end of the
Schotten-Ring it is 2 M. in length. Apart from a number of
disfiguring buildings erected by speculators, it is architecturally one
of the finest streets in Europe.
Beginning at the Franz-Josef-Quai (p. 40) is the schotten-
ring (Pl. II; B, C, 1, 2). On the left (No. 16) rises the Exchange,
built in 1872-77 in the Renaissance style, by Hansen and Tietz, a
rectangular edifice (108 by 100 yds.). The vestibule and great hall
are worth seeing (adm., 20 h.). On the second floor (entrance,
Wipplinger-Str. 34) is the Museum of Austrian Ethnography
(adm., see p. 10 ; catalogue 20 h.), opened in 1897, a collection of
ethnographical specimens, costumes, and curiosities from the dif-
ferent countries of the Austrian empire. -- Behind the Exchange,
Börsen-Platz 1, is the Central Telegraph Office (Pl. II; B, 2).
Farther on, to the right (No. 11), is the Police Office (Pl. II;
B, 1), the headquarters of the Vienna police (new building in the
Elisabeth-Promenade see p. 72 ). -- No. 7, at the corner of the
Hessgasse, is the Stiftungshaus or Sühnhaus (Pl. II; B, 1, 2), a