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Tour Vienna's Rococo, Gothic, and postmodern buildings and learn about the city's imperial past

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Transcript

NARRATOR: For centuries Vienna was an imperial city, successively the seat of the Holy Roman, the Austrian, and the Austro-Hungarian empires.

This Rococo-style palace, Schloss Schönbrunn, served as the Habsburgs' summer residence.

Today the very old and the very new stand side by side in the center of Vienna. St. Stephen's Cathedral is a fine example of Gothic architecture, while next to it stands the postmodern Haas Haus building, which contains fashionable shops and boutiques.
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