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After one climbs to the summit at the Acropolis, one gets an amazing view of Athens below. This perspective shows the Temple of Hephaestus in the foreground, just north of the Acropolis.

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.

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

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

The Opera House in Vienna is beautiful inside and out.

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.

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

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.

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…

Apparently, Emperor Leopold I (one of the many Hapsburgs) was so frustrated by the toll the plague was taking on Vienna in 1679 that he promised to build a “mercy column” if the plague would end. The plague ended so quickly that they had built a…