#House of Austria

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Burg Niederfalkenstein, Obervellach, Carinthia, Austria

Courtesy: Austria Paradise

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Vienna - Austria (by Pedro Szekely)

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📍Müllerstiege Apartment, Hallstatt, Austria 🇦🇹

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To survive, you must tell stories.

-- Umberto Eco

(Oberlängenfeld, Austria)

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Lassallehof (1924-26) in Vienna, Austria, by Hubert Gessner, Hans Paar, Friedrich Schlossberg & Fritz Waage. Photo by Martin Gerlach jun.

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Evening Dress

House of Drecoll

c.1890

The MET (Accession Number: C.I.50.105.19a, b)

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Vienna, Austria 1890s

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Art Nouveau elevator from 1898 in Otto Wagner’s ‘Majolika House’, Vienna, Austria.

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Schloss Schönbühel, Schönbühel-Aggsbach, Austria,

Photo Courtesy of Atmos View

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THE MAJOLIKA HOUSE - VIENNA

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Zen House, Hainburg an der Donau, Austria,

Jan Tyrpekl,

Photographs by Jakub Hrab

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In any case it seems that Maria Theresa had expected a daughter. One of her courtiers, Count Dietrichstein, wagered against her that the new baby would be a boy. When the appearance of a girl, said to be as like her mother as two drops of water, meant that he had lost the bet, the Count has a small porcelain figure made of himself, on his knees, proffering verses by Metastasio to Maria Theresa. He may have lost his wager but if the new-born augusta figlia resembled her mother, then all the world would have gained.

Marie Antoinette: The Journey - Antonia Fraser

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Mariana of Austria and Margarita Theresa Fanart

Be warned as some events I wrote had some artistic license. 

On the morning of September 17, 1665, the bells tolled throughout the city. Jose Everardo Nithard immediately went to the Queen's chambers. Upon hearing the bells, Queen Mariana awoke and asked what was happening. The courtiers present kissed her hand. Nithard approached her and informed her that the king had passed away. The Queen began to shed a tear but kept her composure. She began to change her wardrobe from extravagant to a simple, rigid mourning dress, with the only adornment on her finger being her wedding ring. Surgeons and attendants were cleaning and embalming the king’s body while a mass was recited at the head of the royal bed. Margarita Theresa, dressed in mourning attire, approached Mariana, hugged her, and wept excessively. Mariana began to cry as she comforted her daughter.

Source: Queen, Mother, and Stateswoman Mariana of Austria and the Government of Spain by: Silvia Z. Mitchell