Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg sight
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop. Its Flamboyant Gothic art attracted many craftsmen and artists before the city became even better known th...
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn sight
Vienna, Austria
From the 18th century to 1918, Schönbrunn was the residence of the Habsburg emperors. It was designed by the architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Nicolaus Pacassi and is full of outstanding examples of decorative art. Together with its gardens, the site of the worlds first zoo in 17...
Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape sight
States of Upper Austria, Styria and Salzburg, Austria
Human activity in the magnificent natural landscape of the Salzkammergut began in prehistoric times, with the salt deposits being exploited as early as the 2nd millennium BC. This resource formed the basis of the areas prosperity up to the middle of the 20th century, a prosperity that is reflecte...
Semmering Railway sight
Between Gloggnitz, State of Lower Austria and Simmering, State of Styria, Austria
The Semmering Railway, built over 41 km of high mountains between 1848 and 1854, is one of the greatest feats of civil engineering from this pioneering phase of railway building. The high standard of the tunnels, viaducts and other works has ensured the continuous use of the line up to the present ...
City of Graz - Historic Centre sight
State of Styria, Austria
Graz is a particularly fine example of the living heritage of a central European urban complex that was under Habsburg rule for many centuries. The old city is a harmonious blend of the architectural styles and artistic movements that have succeeded each other since the Middle Ages, together with c...
Wachau Cultural Landscape sight
Towns of Krems and Melk, Lower Austria, Austria
The Wachau is a stretch of the Danube Valley between Melk and Krems, a landscape of high visual quality. It preserves in an intact and visible form many traces - in terms of architecture, (monasteries, castles, ruins), urban design, (towns and villages), and agricultural use, principally for the cu...
Historic Centre of Vienna sight
Vienna, Austria
Vienna developed from early Celtic and Roman settlements into a Medieval and Baroque city, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It played an essential role as a leading European music centre, from the great age of Viennese Classicism through the early part of the 20th century. The historic c...
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