Wurstelprater Vergnügungspark

This guide to the Wurstelprater in Vienna follows Basilio Calafati, a young illusionist from Trieste who arrived in 1820s Vienna performing under the stage name Salamucci and worked his way up from a shooting-gallery booth to his own carousel. You'll hear how he replaced its wooden horses with steam locomotives and crowned it with a towering statue of an Asian dignitary that Viennese crowds nicknamed the Great Chinese. Listen for how a name outlasted the tavern it was built to advertise.