• The Spanish Riding School is located between Michaelerplatz and Josefsplatz near the Hofburg in central Vienna.
  • The world-famous Spanish Riding School is the training ground for riders and their Lipizzan horses - Europe's oldest breed of horse.
  • The result creates an unparalleled harmony between rider and horse, as only Vienna's Spanish Riding School achieves.
  • History The Spanish Riding School of Vienna was established in 1572, when the Austro-Hungarian Empire was at it’s zenith.
  • The Spanish Riding School was named for the Spanish horses that formed one of the bases of the Lipizzan breed, which is used exclusively at the school.
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  • The start of the Spanish Riding School is considered to be 1572, when the first wooden stable was erected at the command of Charles II.
  • Classical horsemanship at the Spanish Riding School Vienna is the traditional art and practice of breeding, keeping, training and riding Lipizzaner horses.
  • spanish-riding-school-stables_rene-van-bakel There are actually three locations home to the Spanish Riding School.