Fleischmarkt

Around 1700 a gaggle of Greek merchants settled around Fleischmarkt, which gradually became known as the Griechenviertel (Greek quarter). Their favourite meeting place was the Griechenbeisl, today one of Vienna’s most popular (and touristed) Beisln. As the community became more established, a few wealthier Greeks spun off towards the Ringstrasse and built larger abodes there. One immigrant, the industrialist and politician Nikolaus von Dumba, commissioned the building of Palais Dumba in 1866. By the early 20th century, the traditional Greek quarter of Fleischmarkt was being blessed with an attractive cluster of art-nouveau buildings.