Peter Altenberg
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Peter Altenberg was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. He played a key role in the genesis of early modernism in the city.
Altenberg in 1907
Memorial for Altenberg in Vienna
Café Central
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Café Central is a traditional Viennese coffeehouse located at Herrengasse 14 in the Innere Stadt first district of Vienna, Austria. The café occupies the ground floor of the former Bank and Stockmarke
Peter Altenberg
…frequented various Viennese bars and coffeehouses, Altenberg is sometimes referred to as a cabaret or coffee house poet. His favorite coffeehouse was the Café Central, to which he even had his mail delivered. Altenberg's detractors said he was a drug addict and a womanizer. Altenberg was also rumored to have problems…
Cafe Central in Vienna, Austria
Cafe Central in Vienna interior near entrance with statue of Peter Altenberg
Cafe Central in Vienna interior near portraits of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Franz Joseph I of Austria