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Amongst its most impressive landmarks is the imposing 12th-century masterpiece of [[Gothic]] architecture,  [http://europeforvisitors.com/switzaustria/articles/st_stephens_cathedral_vienna.htm St. Stephen's Cathedral].

Amongst its most impressive landmarks is the imposing 12th-century masterpiece of [[Gothic]] architecture,  [http://europeforvisitors.com/switzaustria/articles/st_stephens_cathedral_vienna.htm St. Stephen's Cathedral].

 

 

==History and Culture==

==History and Culture==

First settled by the Celts around 500 B.C., Vienna was an important settlement in the Roman Empire, which called it Vindobona. By the 17th century - when the court was moved from [[Prague]] to Vienna -  it was the seat of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], ruled by the Hapsburg dynasty, which continued to reign into the early years of the 20th-century. In the "Anschluss" of 1938, Vienna capitulated under control of the [[Third Reich]]. After [[WWII]], the city  was governed by the [[Allied Commission for Austria]]  for three years. (Like Germany, Austria became divided into an American, British, French and Russian zone, and this division was mimicked by the administration of Vienna.) Since 1948, Vienna has been the capital of the Republic of Austria.

First settled by the Celts around 500 B.C., Vienna was an important settlement in the Roman Empire, which called it Vindobona. By the 17th century - when the court was moved from [[Prague]] to Vienna -  it was the seat of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], ruled by the Hapsburg dynasty, which continued to reign into the early years of the 20th-century. In the "Anschluss" of 1938, Vienna capitulated under control of the [[Third Reich]]. After [[WWII]], the city  was governed by the [[Allied Commission for Austria]]  for three years. (Like Germany, Austria became divided into an American, British, French and Russian zone, and this division was mimicked by the administration of Vienna.) Since 1948, Vienna has been the capital of the Republic of Austria.