Famous Tourist Attractions of Europe

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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.

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Famous Tourist Attractions of Europe