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Places not on Google Maps – Austria 3

Extracts from the following book – Places not on Google Maps Feiglingplatz Feiglingplatz is a very small square. It is stark and bare, with no vegetation, and just one plinth without a statue sits in the middle. The square was built at the same time as Heldenplatz, Heroes Square. The idea of the square was thatContinue reading “Places not on Google Maps – Austria 3”

Places not on Google Maps – Austria 2

Extracts from the following book – Places not on Google Maps Thothvilla Emperor Franz Joseph decided to build the Villa Thoth in the summer of 1887 after his wife, Elizabeth, became fed up with the Villa Hermés after living there for just over a year. The Emperor hoped it would encourage his wife, who traveled widely,Continue reading “Places not on Google Maps – Austria 2”