belvedere gardens

Eine Kleine Nachmusik

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August 24th 2011
Wednesday, 24th August, 2011 Vienna, Austria The day was HOT again. For the second day, the temperatures were soaring in the mid thirties Celsius. Today we would not walk, or catch a tram. We’d do all the longer distances by taxi. The first trip took us to the Belvedere Palace, which houses an art collection. Our main goal: to see some works there by Gustav Klimt, the artist who painted ‘the ... 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