Three Beauiful Days 21st century man and 30,000 year old symbol of fertility

This is a larger-than-life-size replica of an 11 cm statue that workers discovered during archological surveys near Willendorf in 1908. It's known as the "Venus of Willendorf," although that name is not consdiered to be academically or politically corect.

Three Beauiful Days

September 9th 2014
It is early morning in Klosterneuberg, a small town in the floodplain with large abbey above. This was briefly the capital city of the Babenbergs about 1000 years ago after they picked up stakes in Melk (where they also left an abbey) and before they made a longer-lasting capital city in Vienna. The Klosterneuberg Abbey is celebrating the 900th anniversary of its founding this year, although the c ... 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

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