Vienna: Empire, Dynasty And Dream
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1:00:00Vienna: Empire, Dynasty And Dream
While the Habsburgs headed for extinction, Vienna blossomed, as the theories of Freud and the sensuality of the secession artists like Klimt and Schiele ushered in the modern age.
1:00:00The story of how Vienna, triumphant after the Ottoman threat receded at the end of the 17th century, was transformed from a fortress into a great cultural capital.
1:00:00Simon Sebag Montefiore looks at the Habsburgs' rise to power and how Vienna marked Europe's front line in the struggle to defend both Christendom and the Catholic Church.