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Showing posts with label AUSTRIA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AUSTRIA. Show all posts
December 19, 2017

0614, 2308, 2357, 3219 AUSTRIA (Salzburg) - Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg (UNESCO WHS)

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3219 Salzburg - View to the Old Town from Mönchsberg (507m) As many other cities from Central Europe, Salzburg (Salt Fortress), loca...
March 24, 2017

2997 AUSTRIA (Vorarlberg) - The traditional clothes in Bregenzerwald

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Located in Western Austria , the Bregenzerwald (Bregenz Forest) overlaps, but is not conterminous with, the  Bregenz Forest Mountains ...
March 4, 2017

ALBANIA / AUSTRIA / BELGIUM / BULGARIA / CROATIA / GERMANY / ITALY / ROMANIA / SLOVAKIA / SLOVENIA / SPAIN / UKRAINE - Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (UNESCO WHS)

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This transboundary property stretches over 12 European countries. Since the end of the last Ice Age, European Beech spread from a few isol...
October 20, 2016

2832 AUSTRIA - "542 Garten Im Regentropfen - Theater - Maul - Cappana 140" by Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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Although Friedensreich Hundertwasser (about which I wrote a little here ) is more widely known for his architectural works, he first a...
April 23, 2016

2485 GERMANY / SWITZERLAND / AUSTRIA - The map of Lake Constance

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Lake Constance (German: Bodensee ) is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps , in  Germany , Switzerland and Austria , ...
April 10, 2016

2451 AUSTRIA (Upper Austria) - The Town Square of Steyr in interwar period

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2451 The Town Square of Steyr in interwar period Situated in the Traunviertel region, with the two rivers Steyr and Enns flowing ...
October 27, 2015

1990 AUSTRIA (Lower Austria) - The life size reproduction of Venus von Willendorf

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1990 The life size reproduction of Venus von Willendorf The Venus of Willendorf , now known in academia as the Woman of Willendorf, i...
September 30, 2015

1927, 1928 UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Office at Vienna

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1927 United Nations - Vienna International Centre The United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV) is one of the four major UN office si...
May 17, 2015

1589 AUSTRIA (Lower Austria) - Mayerling

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Mayerling is a small village (pop: 200) situated on the Schwechat River, in the Wienerwald (Vienna woods), at 24km southwest of Vienn...
February 3, 2015

1434 AUSTRIA (Styria) - Riegersburg Castle

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1434 Riegersburg Castle Located on a dormant volcano above the town of Riegersburg , at an height of 450m, Riegersburg Castle has a ...
March 10, 2014

1029 AUSTRIA (Lower Austria) - Heiligenkreuz Abbey (UNESCO WHS - Tentative List)

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Located in the southern part of the Vienna woods , at about 13 km north-west of Baden , Stift Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross Abbey) is the o...
January 16, 2014

0971 AUSTRIA (Salzburg) - The hotel on the peak Schafberg

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0971 The hotel on the peak Schafberg Situated within the Salzkammergut mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps , the Schafber...
November 21, 2013

0348, 0871 SWITZERLAND / AUSTRIA - Prehistoric pile dwellings from the Alps (UNESCO WHS)

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0348 SWITZERLAND - Reconstruction of a prehistoric pile dwelling from Bronze Age at Laténium, Hauterive. Among the sites included in...
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February 5, 2013

0009, 0496 AUSTRIA (Vienna) - Historic Centre of Vienna (UNESCO WHS)

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Founded by the Celts 2,500 years ago , on the Danube river , Vienna was , in turn, municipium ( Vindobona ) and headquar...
January 19, 2013

0304, 0478 AUSTRIA (Lower Austria) - Wachau Cultural Landscape - Melk Abbey (UNESCO WHS)

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0304 Melk Abbey seen from Danube In 976, Leopold I , the first Margrave of the area of present-day southwestern Lower Austria from t...
September 12, 2012

0319 AUSTRIA (Vienna) - Saint Stephen's Cathedral and Saint Charles's Church - parts of Historic Centre of Vienna (UNESCO WHS)

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0319 Saint Stephen's Cathedral and Saint Charles's Church Saint Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna ( Stephansdom - in image, ...
February 5, 2012

0115 AUSTRIA (Styria) - A friendly alien

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Kunsthaus Graz , or Graz Art Museum, was completed in 2003 (the year when Graz held the prestigious title of a Cultural Capital of ...
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December 22, 2011

0080 AUSTRIA (Vienna) - Ball der offiziere 2012

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In 1919, under circumstances not very happy for Austria , a group of graduates from the Theresianische Militärakademie (Theresian M...