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Graz

Graz is located on both sides of the river Mur and Graz with 240,000 inhabitants is the second largest city of Austria in order of magnitude (height: 330m, 17 districts). Graz is the capital of Styria. Because of its geographical position fulfills today again a function of mediator between the countries of Western Europe and Southeast Asia. The weather in Graz is both time Mediterranean than Alpine.
Discover the romantic old town of Graz, which is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Kunsthaus Graz, a splendid example of harmony between contemporary architecture in a historic setting, the island in the Mur, a special place to communicate, relax and entertain ... The medieval Old Town of Graz is the largest historical village of Central Europe. By around the city is fabulous Gothic architectural monuments of the Renaissance, Baroque and classical style. The oldest document on the history of the city is 1115.

Graz Austria - The Clock Tower
The mechanism created by Michael Sylvester Funck in 1712, still works, but electrically the middle of the twentieth century. In case of fire down in the city, the guard sounded the bell, one of the 3 bells of the tower still exist, of 1645. The second, of 1382, is the oldest in Graz and sounds the hours. The "Armesünderglocke" the bell of the poor sinners of 1450 approx., Played instead during executions. Later would have reminded the night time to return home, something that this accounts for the nomigliolo of "bell of vagabonds"

The dog stone
Not far from the tower, beside the road that goes down, made the guard the "Steinerne Hund" - the dog of stone. The legend tells that in 1481 the barking of a dog saved by kidnapping the daughter of the emperor Kunigunde by the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus who had asked her hand in vain.

Other destinations river: Amsterdam, Ansa Danube, Budapest, Colmar, Graz, Linz, Melk, Paris, Passau, Prague, Strasbourg, Venice.