Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vienna

In the Wiener Burggarten in the 1^st District, Inner City there is a 7.5 metre high monument in honour of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). The sculptures of the monument (body, putti group and standing figure) are made of Lasa marble. The Mozart Monument was created by the architect Carl König (1841-1915) and the sculptor Viktor Tilgner (1844-1896) and was unveiled on 21^st April 1896 at the Albertinaplatz. It depicts the composer with a music stand on a pedestal decorated with ornaments, masks and wreaths and framed by a semi-circular balustrade. The monument was damaged in air raids during the Second World War and after its restoration on 5^th June 1953 it was erected at its present location in the Burggarten.