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Royal life in Vienna

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March 19th 2005
Royal life in Vienna Not just big - impressively grand - Vienna’s palaces and churches are every bit royal in noblesse, height and history. Being used to Swiss towns where rows of nice middle-class houses clustered around one or two market places form the city centre, maybe a church or sometimes even a cathedral being the only building with some kind of grandeur, Vienna is impressive. It ... read more

Europe » Austria » Vienna

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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