Albertina

The tall stone wall the palace stands on is one of the few surviving stretches of Vienna's fortifications: the Augustinian Bastion. On top sits the Habsburg residence that now houses one of the world's great museums of graphic art.

1A collection of a million works

Its name comes from Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen, son-in-law of Maria Theresa, who began the collection in 1776. Today it holds around a million drawings and prints, from the Renaissance to the present: Michelangelo, Rubens, Klimt, Schiele. Its most famous piece is Albrecht Dürer's "Young Hare" of 1502, a watercolour so delicate that it is shown only on rare occasions.

2A blade above the bastion

The equestrian statue is of Archduke Albrecht, victor of the Battle of Custoza in 1866. Above the entrance, Hans Hollein's sharp roof of 2003 drew as much controversy as admiration.

3A square with a memory

Look around: the neighbouring open space, now Helmut-Zilk-Platz, occupies the site of the Philipphof, an apartment building that collapsed in an air raid on 12 March 1945 onto the people sheltering in its cellar. Since 1988 Alfred Hrdlicka's Monument against War and Fascism has stood there.

One of its figures, a Jewish man on his knees scrubbing the pavement, recalls the public humiliations of March 1938.

4What to look for

• The bastion wall, a remnant of the city walls.
• Hollein's roof above the entrance.
• Hrdlicka's monument, in the square next door.