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Vienna with love !
Vienna is the capital of Austria, and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.794 million, and its cultural, economic, and political centre. Vienna is located in northeastern Austria, at the easternmost extension of the Alps in the Vienna Basin. The earliest settlement, at the location of today's inner city, was south of the meandering Danube while the city now spans both sides of the river.
Art and culture had a long tradition in Vienna, including theatre, opera, classical music and fine arts. The Burgtheater is considered one of the best theatres in the German-speaking world alongside its branch, the Akademietheater. A variety of architectural styles can be found in Vienna, such as the Romanesque Ruprechtskirche and the baroque Karlskirche.
Vienna has a long tradition of producing the finest cakes and desserts. These include Apfelstrudel, Milchrahmstrudel, Palaschinken, and Knödel often filled with fruit such as apricots. Sachertorte, a moist chocolate cake with apricot jam created by the Sacher Hotel, is world famous.
Vienna is also known for their pretty garden. First, the Schönbrunn Castle Park with walkways between the hedges artistically carved, statues, fountains and magnificent flowers. The Palm House, which dates from 1882 and is the largest in Europe, the Garden Fou, the Japanese garden or the hill to the Gloriette offers a magnificent view.
In ancient imperial private gardens, we can discover a unique cactus collection in the Desert House dating from 1904. There is also the oldest zoo in the world with a wide variety of animal species.
The Augarten is a public park of 52.2 hectares that has the oldest baroque garden of plants of Vienna. This French garden offers varieties of beautiful flowers, large avenues of chestnut, elm, linden, ash and maple.
There are also other facilities such as the Vienna Boys' Choir in the Augarten Palais, the Augarten Porcelain Manufactory, the Porcelain Museum and the Austrian Film Archive Filmarchiv Austria.
The Belvedere Park. In 1700, Eugene of Savoy built the baroque gardens, which are now among the most important in Europe. In the Upper Belvedere, we can admire the flowers of more than 4,000 varieties of alpine plants in the oldest alpine garden in the world.
Next door, in the botanical garden, created in 1754 by Marie Therese, local and exotic plantations await. More than 11 500 varieties of plants from six continents are cultivated here. It is also a conservation center for rare varieties and a research center. Moreover, it is home to many animal species and is an oasis of greenery in the heart of Vienna.
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