AUSTRIA - CITYVIEWS

Wien

Vienna is the capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. The Wiener Prater is a large public park in Vienna's 2nd district (Leopoldstadt). The Giant Ferris Wheel was planned in 1896 by the Englishmen Basset and Hitchins and built to mark Emperor Franz Joseph's 50th jubilee. During the war, fire and bombs almost completely destroyed the Giant Ferris Wheel in 1944. Yet not more than one year later, it was one of the first objects besides the St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Vienna State Opera, to be restored. In 1947, it was put into operation again with 15 gondolas. 

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AUSTRIA - NATURE

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Austria is a largely mountainous country due to its location in the Alps. The Central Eastern Alps, Northern Limestone Alps and Southern Limestone Alps are all partly in Austria. Due to the mountainous terrain, alpine skiing is a prominent sport in Austria. Similar sports such as snowboarding or ski-jumping are also widely popular and Austrian athletes are widely regarded as some of the greatest alpine skiers of all time.

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Lienz Dolomites

The Gailtal Alps is a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps in Austria. It rises between the River Drava and the Gail valley in southwestern Carinthia and through the southern part of East Tyrol. Its western group called "Lienz Dolomites" (Lienzer Dolomiten), is sometimes counted as part of this range and sometimes seen as separate. Despite their name, the Lienz Dolomites are not made up of dolostone, though the steep rugged karst topography resembles the South Alpine Dolomite rock formations. At the foot of the Lienz Dolomites, embedded in forest and meadow, is the only lake in East Tyrol, Tristacher Lake.

 

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