ארמון איקביטייבל

One out of several tourist attractions in Vienna, historical place, architectural design, very near St cathedral, you can see this area easily because many points are at walking distance with each other, many restaurants are available with delicious food of different types according to taste and choice, a little bit difficult to search of halal food.

One of the more striking buildings at Stephensplatz is the Palais Equitable building which was designed and constructed by Andreas Steit (1887-1891) for The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. You will quickly be taken by the decadent facade, general ornamentation and striking features of the building. Do spend a few minutes to enjoy the detailed building entrance which was created by Austrian sculptor Rudolf Weyr. Here you find two bronze female figures franking the entrance as well as an American eagle and small trio of figures above the door. The entrance is very impressive to view and take pictures. There are a variety of statue figures you will spot as part of the upper floors. At the very top, is an attractive bronze roof with a figure of a Viking ship and two more American eagles. The Viking ship symbolising the journey over from New York City and the American eagles being a symbol of American patriotism. Note: To see the Viking Ship properly, you need to walk back around 50-60 meters or so until it appears within your line of sight. It remains obscured when you are up close to the building. Do also take note of the historically interesting Stock im Eisen (Nail Tree) is encased at the corner of the building. This dates back from medieval times and has an interesting bit of history that is well worth reading up on prior to seeing the dead tree with many hundreds of embedded iron nails.

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Equitable is most elegant building at Karntner strasse.

Great shopping place.