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82 — Otto Wagner — 4/5 — Secession

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The Circus in the Parthenon

There is another blend of classical motif but in lurid bright colors as you go in. There's the staircase which has got mega elaborate iron nouveau strap strap work obviously the circus is kind of curving in two ways banisters there's a super cool metal gate sort of beautiful and I think this is one of the most inventions was the thing that you don't just have like a hole on an apart block.

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