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I live in the beautiful city of Vienna - it is very famous for its music and the historical buildings. Let´s have a quick look around:
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GRABEN
Walking on this boulevard can be quite expensive, lots of shops means a lot to see. In the picture you see the so called “Pestsäule”- built in the middle ages as a thanksgiving for the victory against the
illness of plague. If you go straight on you reach the ...
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STEPHANSDOM (St. Stephen's Cathedral)
In the center of the city rises the 137-meter-high “Steffl” (343 steps to the top inside), the south tower of Gothic St. Stephen's Cathedral.. If you would go inside this impressive edifice, you would
learn its secrets. The Stephansdom is one of the most important sights of Vienna.
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RINGSTRASSE (The Ring)
Stroll along Vienna's splendid boulevard and admire it as a window on the former Habsburg monarchy. In 1857, the city wall and its bastions were razed, and
during the following years this splendid grand boulevard encircling the city was created. Take a typical horse taxi, so called “Fiaker”, and simply enjoy the ride - there are lots of sights to see - government buildings, private mansions, spacious squares and parks, monuments and elegant cafés... see Otto Wagner's Post Office Building, the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna's City Park, the Vienna State Opera, the Imperial Palace, the Museums of Fine Arts and Natural History, Parliament, the Burgtheater, the University, the Stock Exchange and much more ...
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... for example the monument of the king of the waltz - the very famous Austrian musician Johann STRAUSS. 1999 was the year of the 100th anniversary of the death of Johann Strauss junior, and the 150th
anniversary of the death of his father.
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BELVEDERE
Prince Eugen von Savoyen (1663-1736), the 'Noble Knight' and fieldmarshall, had Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt build this garden palace as a summer residence before the gates of the (then) city of Vienna.
The mansion, which is considered one of the most beautiful baroquebuildings in the world, was acquired by the House of Habsburg after Prince Eugen's death.
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DONAU (Danube river)
Vienna is built on the sides of the Danube river - in the seventies there was built an island right in the middle of the river where Viennese people join their spare time with sports, as well as visiting
one of the numerous pubs in the evening. On the right edge of the picture you can see the “Danube Tower”.
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Now we finished the short walkaround through my city - if you want to see more of it, you will have to visit Vienna yourself !
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