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Brig
Country: Switzerland
Brig Introduction
Brig has the official name of Brig-Glis, and it is located in the Brig district. It is a municipality in the Valais canton of Switzerland. It has a population of 12,800.
The municipality as it stands today was create ...
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Riehen
Country: Switzerland
Riehen Introduction
Riehen is located in the Basel-Stadt Canton, and this municipality has about 21,000 people living there. Along with the city of Bettingen and Basel, Riehen is one of the three municipalities that is located there.
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Kunstlerhaus
Country: Austria
Commissioned by the Vienna Artists’ Society as an exhibition hall for its members, the Kunstlerhaus (Artists’ House) was built in 1868. The society favoured grandiose, academic styles of painting in tune with the historicist Ringstrasse archite ...
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Mittersill
Country: Austria
This summer resort at the main crossroads of the Upper Salzach Valley sprang up around a castle. The castle was built in the 12th century and since then has been rebuilt many times, following its destruction during the Peasant Wars and numerous fir ...
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Gurk
Country: Austria
Gurk, the former ecclesiastical capital of Carinthia, is dominated by a cathedral church, built in 1140—1200 by Bishop Roman and one of the most outstanding achievements of Austrian Romanesque architecture. The Gothic vestibule is adorned by stai ...
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