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Vienna was originally the ancient Celtic settlement of Vindomna or Vindomina, which the Romans seized and fortified
about A. D. 14. Marcus Aurelius died here in 180. By the end of the
third century the settlement had become a municipium or town, and the seat
of the Roman civil and... |
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Prague - Czechish Praha - lies most picturesquely in a broad
basin on both banks of the Moldau. Its foundation is ascribed to
Libussa, the first Duchess of Bohemia (8th cent.?). From Ottokar II
it received a municipal charter, and it attained to great prosperity
under Emperor Charles IV (1346-78)... |
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Bucharest, the capital of
Romania, lies in a monotonous plain, and
is divided into two parts by the Dimbovitza. The principal streets are the Calea Victoriei, the Boulevards, and the Strada Lipscani (so called because the Bucharest merchants
formerly bought their goods at the Leipzig Fair)... |
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Transylvania -
The former principality of Transylvania, called Erdély by the
Magyars, and Ardeal by the Roumanians (both meaning 'forest-land') is a mountainous district of about 21,000 sq. M. in extent.
Its German name of Siebenbürgen has been derived from the first
seven 'burgs', or fortresses... |
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Dalmatia extends
from the Quarnerolo on the N. to the hills on the Lake of Scutari
on the S., while on the E. it is commanded by the Velebit Mts.,
the Dinarian Alps, and the mountainous region of the Herzegovina
and of Montenegro. The W. side of Dalmatia is washed by the Adriatic... |
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Seasons - The best time for a visit to Vienna or Budapest is between the middle of April and the middle of June, and in autumn... For ascents in the German Alps, the Hohe Tatra, and the Transylvanian Carpathians the best time is from the middle of July till the middle of September... |
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