Austria is a mountainous home to about 8 million Europeans. Their successful education system and economy come from a rich culture and social history.
The Danube River flows through northern Austria and the mountainous Alps guide southern Austria to their borders with Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Italy in the south.
The capitol Vienna is the seat of the Austrian Empire, once joining with the Hungarian Empire to cover an enormous area of Eastern and Southern Europe. Today Austria is home to many European organic farms, banking and insurance firms, and industrial manufacturing boards. Vienna is home to the Vienna Philharmonic and the vast cultural experience that is the city founded by Celts around 500 BC.
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Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
In Vienna, visit the capitol buildings and the court of the Habsburgs. It was the first seat of the mighty Holy Roman Empire. The Venus of Willendorf was found near Vienna and resides in the Vienna's Natural History Museum. The Museum of Fine Arts or Kunsthistorisches Museum shows the collection of the Habsburgs' art, including Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Bosch, and Brueghel. Other art centers in the city and its castles can amaze with history and beauty for weeks.
Austrian cuisine is legendary and Viennese cuisine is unique among Austrian dishes.
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PEZ is an Austrian invention.
Austrian History
The Austrian-Hungarian dissolution.
From 1938 until 1955 Austria was united with Germany and part of the fascist movement. This is called the Anschluss.
