Vienna
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Coordinates:
Lat: 48 13 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 48.2167 decimal degrees
Long: 016 22 00 E degrees minutes Long: 16.3667 decimal degreesElevation: 561.023 feet 171.0000 meters
Note: Located on the Danube River, at a crossroads in the center of Europe. Formerly, Vienna was the capital of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Originally a Celtic settlement, it became a Roman military settlement and was occupied by the Magyars in 907, then passed to the Babenburgs in 976. It became the capital of the duchy of Austria in 1156 and was occupied by Ottocar II of Bohemia from 1251 to 1276. It was unsuccessfully besieged by the Turks in 1529 and 1683. During the 18th century, Vienna was one of the great cultural centers in Europe, the home of Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, and Schubert. The city was occupied by the French during the Napoleonic Wars, in 1805 and 1808 and from 1814 to 1815. It was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938 and liberated by the Russians in 1945. The historic centre of Vienna was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Georgia O'Keeffe to Frances O'Brien, postcard, 1969 March or April
Item
Identifier: 2015.1.174
Scope and Content Note
From the Collection:
The Frances O'Brien Papers Relating to Georgia O'Keeffe contains materials collected by Frances O'Brien. The materials document the friendship between the two women from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s.There are approximately one hundred original letters, postcards, and telegrams from O'Keeffe to O'Brien dating from 1947 to 1971. Additionally, there are photocopies of letters from O'Keeffe to O'Brien (only a few photocopies for which there is no original), as well as photocopies...
Dates:
1969 March or April