History of Vienna

Sachertorte is a chocolate sponge cake covered with chocolate glaze and filled with apricot jam. The apricot jam is either under the glaze or in the middle of two sponge layers. The cake was invented by the Austrian Franz Sacher, either in 1832 for Austrian chancellor Klemens von Metternich, or in the 1840s.

palace in Vienna, Austria

The Hofburg () is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria. Located in the center of Vienna, it was built in the 13th century by Ottokar II of Bohemia and expanded several times afterwards. It also served as the imperial winter residence, as Schönbrunn Palace was the summer residence. Since 1946, it has been the official residence and workplace of the president of Austria.

aspect of history

monument in Vienna

thumb|The title page of the issue of Efimeris of Tuesday 31 December 1790 (Julian calendar), or 11 January 1791 ([[Gregorian calendar).]] Efimeris () was a Greek-language newspaper published in Vienna from 1790 to 1797. It is the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today.

aspect of history

quarter of Vienna

book by Edmund de Waal