All about Austria

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Salzburg -

Beyond Vienna, Austria unfolds as a romantic landscape of jaw-dropping beauty. Epitomizing this scenic splendor is medieval Salzburg. Its collection of Baroque abbeys and churches, and its cathedral and castle, is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site.

 

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ustria, a landlocked nation tucked into the southern part of Central Europe, is one of the continent's most popular vacation getaways. Blessed with spectacular alpine scenery, this is a land equally celebrated for its cultural landscape. Vienna, Salzburg, and Graz number among Europe's great historic cities, endowed with a wealth of compelling visitor attractions, many of them UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In fact, Austria rewards both outdoor enthusiasts and those with more urbane tastes, with everybody welcome to experience this picture-perfect, year-round holiday destination. So, has the country peaked your interest?

Pique rather than "peaked". You may have intended to use peek ( peek a boo).
Peak as in the peak of the mountain.

 

[blackmondy]

Picque rather than "peaked". You may have intended to use peek ( peek a boo).
Peak as in the peak of the mountain.

Does she pig your interest ?

 

[jw5]

Picque rather than "peaked". You may have intended to use peek ( peek a boo).
Peak as in the peak of the mountain.

I think it should be piqued.

 

[jw5]

Old Town -

Salzburg's Old Town highlights include St. Peter's Abbey and its church, and Mirabell Palace—both used as filming sites for the endearing Hollywood classic 'The Sound of Music' (1965).

 

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Mozart's birthplace -

Make time to explore the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Located at No. 9 Getreidegasse, the house-museum exhibits the composer's childhood violin as well as portraits, documents, and early editions of his music. The outstanding musical instrument here is the clavichord on which he composed 'The Magic Flute,' in 1791.

 

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Innsbruck Hofburg -

An internationally renowned winter sports center, Innsbruck is also known as the city where Emperor Maximilian I, who reigned in the late 1400s and early 1500s, chose to seat the Hapsburg government. His palace, the sumptuous Innsbruck Hofburg, stands as one of Europe's great royal residence buildings.

 

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Lanjiao bin jw5 talking to himself in a Lanjiao thread

 

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Lanjiao bin jw5 talking to himself in a Lanjiao thread

Gossipy Lanjiao bin Mark Yeo's son likes to play with lanjiaos.

 

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Hofkirche -

The city's Hofkirche, or Court Church, is where Maximilian was laid to rest. His magnificent marble cenotaph is lined with a guard of honor comprising figurines representing the finest work of German Renaissance sculpture.

 

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Goldenes Dachl -

Wandering through Innsbruck's Old Town, look out and up for the Goldenes Dachl, the famous Golden Roof. Considered the city's most iconic symbol, it's decorated with 2,657 fire-gilded copper tiles that positively shimmer on a bright, sunny day.

 

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Melk Abbey -

The Benedictine Abbey at Melk is certainly worth exploring. Its spectacular location, set on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river, sets the scene for the treasures inside.

 

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Melk Abbey interior -

Melk Abbey contains the tomb of Saint Coloman of Stockerau and the remains of several members of the House of Babenberg, Austria's first ruling dynasty. The resplendent Imperial Corridor with its portraits of Austria's rulers stops you in your tracks. The monastery's scriptorium was once a major site for the production of illuminated manuscripts: in his 1980 novel 'The Name of the Rose,' Umberto Eco named one of the protagonists "Adso of Melk" as a tribute to the abbey and its famous library.

 

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Dachstein Salzkammergut -

Austria's interior encompasses some of Europe's most dramatic and imposing mountain scenery. The country's Dachstein/Salzkammergut region is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Landscape Site. The area is simply breathtaking to behold any time of year, but is particularly striking in the fall.

 

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Dachstein Salzkammergut -

Austria's interior encompasses some of Europe's most dramatic and imposing mountain scenery. The country's Dachstein/Salzkammergut region is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Landscape Site. The area is simply breathtaking to behold any time of year, but is particularly striking in the fall.

As picturesque as the Canadian Rockies.

 

[jw5]

As picturesque as the Canadian Rockies.

Yes. It certainly is.

 

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Dachstein Salzkammergut -

Austria's interior encompasses some of Europe's most dramatic and imposing mountain scenery. The country's Dachstein/Salzkammergut region is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Landscape Site. The area is simply breathtaking to behold any time of year, but is particularly striking in the fall.

Wow as beautiful as Switzerland. So what the Austrian tourist that I met in Switzerland said is true that Austrian snow mountain scenery looks the same as Switzerland.