The wedding church

The Hiiiiiiiiiiiills are alive...

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December 16th 2008
We finished our museums in the town in the morning, with a visit to the Salzburg Museum (which has a very decent collection of local art dating back hundreds of years, all housed in a very flash redecorated museum). We also learned all about the origin of the carol Silent Night, which was written not far from here, apparently when mice destroyed the organ and they had to come up with something fo ... read more

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more