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Vienna

Vienna is the capital of Austria, on the Danube, and was for centuries the seat of the Habsburg monarchy. It withstood Ottoman sieges in 1529 and 1683, the second of which was broken with the help of a Polish-Lithuanian relief army under Jan III Sobieski. As capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire it became a centre of art, music and modern thought, and it hosted the Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815.

Vienna
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AllobrogesMargraviate of AustriaCounty of HabsburgDuchy of AustriaKingdom of Hungary (1301-1526)Archduchy of AustriaTeutonic Order MergentheimHabsburg MonarchyKingdom of Hungary (1526-1867)Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)Military FrontierPrincipality of Transylvaniaand 13 more

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Vienna. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vienna
MLA
“Vienna.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vienna. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Vienna.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vienna.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Vienna’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vienna (Accessed: ).

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