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Schonbrunn Palace

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June 9th 2013
Geo: 48.22, 16.37Our last day in Vienna, and on our way to Melk we headed out to Schonbrunn Palace, the home of the Habsburg Dynasty. The throne of the Holy Roman Empire was continuously occupied by the Habsburgs between 1438 and 1740. The house also produced kings of Bohemia, England, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, as well as rulers of several Dutch and Italian countries.Th ... 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