The Museum of Arms and Armor
Inside the giant Hofburg Palace is an amazing collection of antique armor, one of the largest and most valuable in the world.
Look at the feet on
these guys!
A grand hall in the
Hofburg, and a knight on horseback -- with feathers!
Some of the knights
were little bitty guys, hardly 5 feet tall. People were short in those
days, from lack of good nutrition.
Most of the armor is
very shiny, but these suits were almost black.
I think I would have
snickered if I had seen this knight coming after me in battle. Must have
gotten his skirt from the roof of some chicken barn.
And look at those feet.
Another one with a
skirt.
They sure couldn't see
very well out of those helmets.
I had never seen any
helmets before with faces on them -- rather comical, actually.
Some of the armor was
obviously made just for display and ceremonial use, and not for fighting.
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The children's armor
was made just for fun, and maybe for a bit of training.
I thought at first
this must be some happy family, but no, the suit on the left was for a man, too.
In the Hofburg Palace,
I found this magnificent Bösendorfer grand piano, made in Austria in the
1800's.
The
End
of my trip to Vienna!