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The history of Vienna has been long and varied, beginning when the Roman Empire created a military camp in the area now covered by Vienna's city centre. Vienna grew from the Roman settlement known as Vindobona to be an important trading site in the 11th century.
Between 1700 and 1730 a city of palaces and stately homes emerged. A second line of fortifications, the Linienwall (“straight rampart”), was built in 1704–06 to give the suburbs protection. In the densely built-up Innere Stadt old houses either had upper stories added or were demolished and replaced by Baroque structures.
In the early 1700s, famous architects created a city of baroque palaces and stately homes. When the Habsburgs died out with Charles V in 1740, his daughter Maria Theresa took over. Under the Empress, and her son and successor Joseph , a huge amount of civil reform was instituted.
History of Vienna – Part IV: Art around 1700. Baroque Vienna. In the decades following the Turkish Wars (1690-1730), Vienna grew into an international center for the arts. During this period of intensive reconstruction, the court, the aristocracy and the church commissioned monumental buildings that still define the face of the city today ...
Información general. Historia de Viena. Reyes y reinas, grandes imperios, cultura mundialmente reconocida... conoce la historia de Viena desde su fundación hasta convertirse en la capital de Austria. Los primeros pobladores de la zona, cinco siglos a.C., fueron los celtas.
History of Vienna - The Making of a Capital. Capital cities, with their specific histories and urban development, are a fascinating phenomenon. Sheer size as well as complex architectures and physical fabric, both in the past and present, make it somewhat difficult to condense their growth and development into a brief overview.
Vienna History for travellers: 11 key milestones for informed travellers, from the Siege of Vienna, Congress of Vienna, Fin de Siecle to the World Wars.
