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A traditional Viennese lunch of sausage and potatoes.

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Just in case you weren't sure about the era of music's heyday in Vienna, these actors are dressed up as people at the court of Liechtenstein in the late 1700s.

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A trip to Vienna isn't complete without sampling the Sacher Torte at the Café Sacher.

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Built in the 1860s, the opera house is full of the artistic flourishes common to the era.

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The Opera House in Vienna is beautiful inside and out.

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This monument to Johann Strauss may have been dedicated in 1921, but it was most likely designed at the turn of the century, given its gilded bronze appearance.

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The park overlooks the Vienna River, which runs through the city center.

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Like at Versailles, the formal gardens here are beautiful.

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Maria Theresa, the mother of Marie Antoinette, added the Baroque flair for which Schönbrunn is known.

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Beethoven would pack up his belongings twice a year and move between the suburbs and city. The count on his addresses in Vienna and its outskirts ranges from 60 to 80 pending on who you ask. This is a map of some of these homes in Heiligenstadt.
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