Abstracted, floral Jugendstil motifs decorating one of the two steel framed and marble paneled pavilions designed by Otto Wagner in 1898 to mark the entrance to the Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station. The station infrastructure was removed in 1981 to make way for the U-Bahn U2 line and the pavilions were originally destined for the same fate, however after a public outcry they were dismantled and reconstructed on top of the new underground station and now serve as a cafe and temporary exhibition space.
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