Prater - a large public park and recreation area in Vienna.
elongated along the coast to 5 km. The name of the park comes from the word Latin. pratum, which means meadow.
Most of the so-called green is the Prater , where the main avenue , the territory of the Vienna International Fair, a hippodrome, a stadium, velodrome , sports grounds.In the north of the Prater is Vurstelprater - an amusement park , which is often referred to simply as Prater .The Park is laid a miniature railway , and there is a giant Ferris wheel , built in 1896-1897 years the English engineer Walter Basset in preparation for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I.With the 60- meter height is a beautiful view of Vienna , so the wheel is a symbol of the city.
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