But on the way to find Mozart, you'll almost unavoidably waltz through The Sound of Music. The iconic movie was filmed in ...

View Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria - tea set (1907) By J. C. Klinkosch; silver, partly ivory handles and insulations; height of hot water kettle with rechaud 28.5 cm (without handle), tray 62.5 x ...

During the 1903 conclave, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria invoked “jus exclusivae” — the right of veto enjoyed by some European Catholic monarchies such as Austria, Spain, and France — to ...

In 1853, when Elisabeth was 15 years old, she accompanied her mother and Helene to Austria to witness her sister’s engagement to their first cousin Franz Joseph I, the Habsburg emperor of Austria.

Married at 16 to the emperor of Austria, Elisabeth—nicknamed Sisi—was a reluctant empress, struggling with royal life and sympathetic to the democratic struggles of the people in her new nation.

A shy lady in a lightning blue dress or a plow horse with a view of the sea: Franz Blaas is the great poet among the artists who have made a name for ...

Built in 1876, the neo-baroque hearse was used for five funerals, including Empress Elisabeth, Emperor Franz Joseph and Austria's last empress Zita.

Pimp my carriage: How to ride in style like Austria's famed emperor Franz Joseph. Published: 24 Dec 2024 - 02:40 pm | Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024 - 02:46 pm ...

A long-lost carriage once used almost daily by Austria's longest-serving monarch Franz Joseph for his commute from the Schoenbrunn palace to his office in central Vienna has gone on display after ...

View Portrait of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria 1830-1916 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Price Database. 14 December 2024.

Franz Joseph fought against Napoleon III and his armies, but Austria lost the war. In particular, Franz Joseph commanded and lost the Battle of Solferino which essentially brought an end to the war .