All Vienna [antikvár]

"Viena: view from the Belvedere." Painting by Bernardo Bellotto.ANCIENT, IMPERIAL VIENNAAs a result of its exceptional geographic position located between the Danube and the Alps, which slope gently down towards the hills called Wiener-wald, the Woods of Vienna the capital of Austria has been a fundamentally important factor for Europe throughout the city's dynamic, glorious history. Because it stands at the crossroads of the great routes of West and East Europe, Vienna soon became the heart of the continent.The present-day federal capital which is at the same time one of the nine states of the Federal State of Austria not only constitutes a communications link with the Alpine region, but is alsó the centre ofthe Danube area. In their efforts to defend the Mediterranean and their territories against invasion from the north, the Romans under the Emperor Augustus occupied the area from the Eastern Alps to the Danube. Under the Emperor Tiberius, the 15th Légion established the oldest and strongest military camp in Austria, CARNUNTUM, which was the region's capital for almost 400 years. The frontier entrenchment of Limes was constructed around the year 50 AD, in the time of the Emperor Claudius. A camp for auxiliary Román troops, Vindobona, was established in what is now the third district of Vienna, as a lateral defence for the stronghold of Carnuntum. Around 115 AD, when Trajan was emperor, the main part of the army was definitively transferred to Vin-