Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Leoben, Austria
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1.6 km
22 m
Explore Leoben in Austria with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Sight 1: Engagement
Engagement is a series of sculptures by Dennis Oppenheim depicting two diamond engagement rings. One version was installed in 2005 at Sunset Beach in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Others are at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nevada, San Diego, California, Ruoholahti, Finland, Sha Tin, Hong Kong, and Leoben, Austria.
Sight 2: Schwammerlturm
The Schwammerlturm is a 30-metre-high medieval tower in the town of Leoben in Styria, Austria. It was part of the former fortifications, is the only city gate that has survived to this day and is the landmark of Leoben. The popular name of the building comes from the similarity of its hemispherical roof with a mushroom cap, which cantilevers significantly over the narrower upper storey with its eaves. The actual name, which is rarely used in everyday life, is the toll tower.
Sight 3: Stadttheater Leoben
The Stadttheater Leoben is a theatre in Leoben, Austria.
Sight 4: Pfarrkirche Maria am Waasen
The parish church of Leoben-Waasen is located on the left bank of the Mur in the district of Waasen in the municipality of Leoben in the district of Leoben in Styria. The Roman Catholic parish church, dedicated to the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, belongs to the deanery of Leoben in the diocese of Graz-Seckau. The church is a listed building.
Sight 5: St. Jakob zu Leoben
St. Jakob zu Leoben is the former Roman Catholic parish church in Leoben, which today is subordinate to the parish church of St. Xaver as rectorate.
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