Best of European Union » capital city of austria http://www.best-of-european-union.eu Travel through the most beautiful places in Europe Sun, 08 Sep 2013 13:36:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 Austria – Country of a Thousand Faces http://www.best-of-european-union.eu/2010/04/27/austria-country-of-a-thousand-faces/ http://www.best-of-european-union.eu/2010/04/27/austria-country-of-a-thousand-faces/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:31:13 +0000 Julius http://www.best-of-european-union.eu/?p=22 Western and southern parts of Austria are dominated by the Alps, while the eastern provinces, including Vienna are situated in the Danube basin. Until World War I Austria was vast empire that ruled much of central Europe for the centuries. Austria is now a federal republic, consisting of nine states (Burgenland (Eisenstadt), Kärnten (Klagenfurt), Niederösterreich […]

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Until World War I Austria was vast empire that ruled much of central Europe for the centuries. Austria is now a federal republic, consisting of nine states (Burgenland (Eisenstadt), Kärnten (Klagenfurt), Niederösterreich (St.Pölten), Oberösterreich (Linz), Salzburg (Salzburg), Steiermark (Graz), Tirol (Innsbruck), Vorarlberg (Bregenz), Wien (Wien)).

The capital city of Austria – Vienna hosts many international organizations including the Secretariat of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

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