At the Gates of Vienna, 2008
                   
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gatesofvienna.blogspot.com     May 15, 2008          

Take a close look at the photo below and see if it seems familiar:The image on our blog’s masthead was painted by Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) in the mid-18th century. During the three-quarters of a century since the end of the second siege of Vienna, much construction had occurred outside... [read full story]                

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