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Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream: With Simon Sebag Montefiore. Vienna - a pivotal city in the story of Europe. Home to the Holy Roman Emperors and target of Ottoman aggression, the city nurtured the architectural style of the Gothic and the music of the Baroque while being coveted, cultured and decadent.
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Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream on BBC Select. Vienna is pivotal in the story of Europe. Home to the Holy Roman Emperors and the target of Ottoman aggression, this cultured, decadent metropolis embraced the architectural Gothic style, rang to the sound of Baroque music and was the seat of one of history’s most powerful dynasties, the Hapsburgs.
Dec 7, 2016 · Watch with BBC Select. S1 E3 - Episode 3. December 21, 2016. 50min. TV-PG. Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore follows the Habsburgs to their dramatic demise. While Vienna's ruling family headed for extinction, the city blossomed. As the theories of Freud and the sensuality of artists such as Klimt and Schiele ushered in the modern age, Hitler and ...
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Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream. The rise of one of the great cities of the world, and how the fabric of the city today is a window into a past of power, religion and culture.
All episodes of Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream. Episode 1. British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore describes how the Habsburgs transformed Vienna.
Apr 2, 2022 · Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream. British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore describes how the Habsburgs transformed Vienna into a multinational city of music, culture and ideas. Show more.
Dec 8, 2016 · Episode 1. Charting the foundation of Vienna as a Roman stronghold that became the base for defending Europe from both the Ottoman Empire and Protestant revolutionaries. These religious conflicts allowed one family, the Hapsburgs, to gain a foothold in the city and transformed Vienna into a multi-national city of music, culture and ideas.
