“Fiaker”, the popular Viennese horse-drawn carriage
The name “Fiaker” for the popular Viennese horse-drawn carriage is derived indirectly from Saint Fiacre. The Hôtel de Saint Fiacre in Paris rented carriages from about the middle of the seventeenth century. The number of fiakers changes during time. In 1700 there were about 700 horse-drawn carriages in Vienna. In the best period from 1860 […]
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