Austria

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Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
A picturesque little village surrounded by a breathtaking mountainous landscape.

Historic Center of Vienna (on the endangered list)
An urban center with a wide range of outstanding historical architecture, viewed as the music capital of Europe.

Palace and Gardens of Schonbrunn
Former home to the powerful Habsburg emperors: an opulent Baroque castle and its gardens.

Wachau Cultural Landscape
A picturesque segment of the Danube Valley with beautiful scenery and charming towns and villages.

Semmering Railway

Historic Center of the City of Salzburg

City of Graz – Historic Center and Schloss Eggenberg

Transnational sites

The Great Spa Towns of Europe
Towns in seven countries where an early tourism industry thrived around natural hot springs.

Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and other regions of Europe
Primeval forests of European beech trees that survived the last Ice Age and then spread across Europe, now protected in 93 locations across 18 countries.

Ferto / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps

Frontiers of the Roman Empire – the Danube Limes (Western Segment)

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Text: UNESCO World Heritage sites in AUSTRIA. Images: above, Belvedere palace; below, a view of Salzburg.