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C2 Chapter II. VIENNA. Es gibt nur a Kaiserstadt Ss Geltiipinime queWicma < Ae fat aaa culprit , moe: ac fp eel Al un tiie: actu Hat ha rs seit There is but one Imperial town , there is but one Vienna a is an old adase still much in vogue with the patriotic Viennese, and against which there is little to be said. There are other iImpertalneir> wes hain rope, and of late Vienna has undergone a complete transformation but it has retained a character ; =| Vihc ~ + 16 han haan = i x7 ¢ © i> won — 4. > Ia Lvegr : When Austria had been rudely awakened by the Ppruss- ian euns at Sadowa from the fool's paradise in which she had her entire organisation was subjected to sweeping reforms; the first of which was the demolition of the fortifications of her capital . No oth chance of carrying out improvements on so colossal a scale with- out involving any charge on the taxpayer. The ground of fortifications was handed over to the municipality , which , reserving amcertain portion of it for: its own purposes 5. put heey up the remainder for sale . With the proceeds of this transac- ie tion they laid out the Ringstrasse , lined it with the Houses of Parliament the Mansion House, the Museums, the new Imperial K