What Tom Holland has said about Ringstrasse
1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 19, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Ringstrasse once in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on July 19, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland questions whether Vienna's florid neo-Baroque architecture signalled imperial strength compared with Germany's austere style.
“if you've got a serious architecture and you've got a kind of wedding cake architecture, which one is going to have the most potent empire?”
The Rest Is History: 689. A Murderous Affair: The Habsburgs’ Greatest Scandal (Part 1) (Jul 19, 2026) · Listen from 41:44
Episodes
689. A Murderous Affair: The Habsburgs’ Greatest Scandal (Part 1)The Rest Is History · Jul 19, 2026 · 1 h 13 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook set the scene for the 1889 Mayerling incident, tracing Crown Prince Rudolf's troubled family, 1880s Vienna, and his first meetings with Mary Vetsera.
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