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Famous tourist
attractions ofEurope
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Vianden Castle
Vianden Castle was built betwe14th Century on the foundatiocastle and a Carolingian refug
alace bears the !ohenstaufenand is one of the largest and
residences of the Roman andEurope.
$ntil the early 1%th Century it powerful Counts of Vianden whtheir close connections to the #
Court&n 1'() the castle became the p
*u+e ,dolphe of the elder lineremained in the hands of the #r
until 1( when it was transfeownership. &t has been painsta+
its former glory and today ramost signi"cant historical monu
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Vadu/ CastleVadu/ Castle lies on a haboe Vadu/. &t is the sym
and can be seen fr
&t is thought that the castas a fortress as early as
before liing 3uarters weVadu/ Castle is "rstdocuments dating b
The castle came into therincely Family in 110
sered as the family5s ountil 10. !oweer2 afte
became increasingly di
into disrepair before brenoated between 1
$nder rince Fran/ 7osee8tended and once again&n 1(( the rince moe
and adopted Vadu/ Casresiden
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9aint 9tephen:sCathedral
9t. 9tephen5s Cathedral Thecurrent Romanes3ue and #othic
form of the cathedral2 seen todayin the 9tephansplat/2 was largely
initiated by *u+e Rudolf &V;1( and stands on the
ruins of two earlier churches2 the"rst a parish church consecrated
in 114. The most importantreligious building in Vienna2 9t.
9tephen5s Cathedral has bornewitness to many important eentsin !absburg and ,ustrian historyand has2 with its multi-coloured
tile roof2 become one of the city5smost recogni/able symbols
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!ungarian arliament ?uilding
?udapest was three cities in 1'
years later the *to establishrepresentatie?uilding2 e8pr
soereignty of tharliament ?uil#othic Reial s
symmetrical facentral dome. T
Renaissancearchitecture. ,lsthe parliament isand thus has tw
identical parliamof which one is
politics2 the othefor guided
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9edlec BssuaryThe world-renowned ossuary at 9edlec ust outside Dutn!ora is a medieal #othic chapel that for centuries hasstood on the remains of 4)2))) people2 o6ering a 3uiet
reminder of the transience of human life and the e8istenceof death. Today2 isitors from around the world are
astonished by its bi/arre decorations made from humanbones in the form of chandeliers2 a pyramid2 crosses andcoats of arms. &n 10'2 !enry2 the abbot of the Cistercianmonastery in 9edlec2 was sent to the !oly and by Ding
Bta+ar && of ?ohemia. !e returned with him a small amountof earth he had remoed from #olgotha and sprin+led itoer the abbey cemetery. The word of this pious act soonspread and the cemetery in 9edlec became a desirable
burial site throughout Central ,round 14))2 a #othicchurch was built in the center of the cemetery with a
aulted upper leel and a lower chapel to be used as anossuary for the mass graes unearthed during construction2
or simply slated for demolition to ma+e room for newburials.,fter 1%112 the tas+ of e8huming s+eletons and
stac+ing their bones in the chapel was gien to a half-blindmon+ of the order.
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?ratislaa Castle
, #othic castle which is +nown fromthe 1)th century2 but the castle hill was
inhabited also in the Celtic and the#reat Goraian era. &n the middle ofthe 1=th century2 ?ratislaa became theo6icial coronation town for !ungarian
Dings and at the castle there was aresidence of the +ing. ater2 the castlewas rebuild in a Renaissance style. Thesouth-west tower - also +nown as the
ewel5s tower - housed the !ungariancoronation ewels for two centuries.The
last large reconstruction in ?aro3uestyle too+ place under the reign ofGaria Theresia ;14)-1')>. &n 1'112the castle was burnt down and only
ruins were left. &t was reconstructed in1(%=-='. ?ratislaa Castle is an
important landmar+ and a ationalCultural Gonument.