The Roman town of Juvavum built in 15 AD was established on the site of the future town of Salzburg. Salzburg and its fortifications were built in the 9th century. The town filled up with monuments. Great artists lived and worked in the city, and it enjoyed a Baroque renaissance.
Schonbrunn was the residence of the Habsburg emperors and the site of the world's first zoo in 1752. It was designed by the architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Nicolaus Pacassi and is full of examples of decorative art and a perfect example of Gesamtkunstwerk.
The railray runs through a spectacular mountain landscape. Built between 1848 and 1854, it is a great feat of civil engineering from this pioneering phase of railway building resulting in continuous use of the line up to the present day.
The Wachau is a beautiful stretch of the Danube Valley between Melk and Krems.
Known as Lake Neusiedl in Austria, over the border in Hungary the southern third of this large lake is known as Lake Ferto.
Lynn Salmon <>{ Last updated: November 24, 2007