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

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.

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.

After driving only 20 minutes away from the city center, one is surrounded by rolling hills with a stunning view of the city below.

Vineyards at the Werner Welser winery in Heiligenstadt, outside of Vienna.

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.

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

Beethoven moved around A LOT. In his day, many people would have winter houses in the city and summer houses out in the cooler suburbs, like Heiligenstadt. But Beethoven didn’t have much money, so he couldn’t afford two houses. (Apparently, sometimes…

The Opera House in Vienna is beautiful inside and out.

Like at Versailles, the formal gardens here are beautiful.