Amusement park
Wurstelprater Vergnügungspark
Historic fairground carousel and rides quarter beneath a towering nineteenth-century Chinese mandarin statue.
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About this audio guide
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.
This audio guide was created using AI.