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Sightseeing in Vienna in 2007

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December 4th 2010
There are three opulent palaces in Vienna; Hofburg, Belvedere, and Schonbrunn. We missed visiting Schonbrunn in spring in 2005, and therefore decided to visit Schonbrunn Palace, west outskirts of Vienna, on 23 September 07. We took underground to Schonbrunn. There were already a lot of people at Schonbrunn in the mid morning. We decided to buy "ground pass" which would allow us to look round all s ... 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