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Alte Burg
Country: Austria
The Imperial Palace is a vast complex. Its construction was started by the Babenbergs, but the Neue Burg (New Castle) was not completed until 1913. A part from housing several museums, including in the royal apartments a museum dedicated to Empress ...
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Gottweig
Country: Austria
Stift Gottweig, a Benedictine Abbey, crowns a hilltop on the south bank of the Danube, near Krems. Founded in 1083, it was inhabited by Benedictine monks from St Blasien in the Black Forest in 1094. Stift Gottweig is sometimes referred to as the Au ...
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Bad Radkersburg
Country: Austria
Bad Radkersburg, on the Slovenian border, was founded as a town in 1265 by the Bohemian King Ottokar. Once a fortified border post as well as an important trade centre and transhipment harbour on the Mur river, today it is a peaceful small town, wh ...
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Gmund
Country: Austria
In the 12th century, the Archbishops of Salzburg who ruled Gmund began to encircle the town with mighty fortifications, many of which survive to this day, including old gate turrets and bastions. Two castles tower over the town: the older one, Alte ...
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Lyngor
Country: Norway
Lyngor won the award for being the best preserved village in all of Europe in the year 1991. It is one of the most idyllic islands of Archipelago Park (Skjaergardsparken). This park covers almost the entire coast of Aust-Agder County in Norway.&nbs ...
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