Word: habsburgs
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...castle was seized by the Communist regime from the heirs of its original owner, the great-granddaughter of Britain's Queen Victoria, Princess Ileana. After the Iron Curtain fell, her heirs petitioned for the castle to be returned. Last year Ileana's son, Archduke Dominic von Habsburg-Lothringen, 63, was finally successful. Under an agreement between his lawyers and the government, Habsburg was returned the castle in exchange for an agreement to keep it open as a museum until 2009 and give the government the right of the first refusal if he chose to sell...
...Mexico, this process took an absurd turn when an Austrian archduke was installed as Emperor of Mexico by the French forces of Napoleon III. After defeating the Habsburg Emperor, local conservatives argued that the hero of the résistance, Benito Juárez, concentrated too much power. So, they brought the army general to the foreground. Porfirio Díaz deposed the dictator-to-be, and became “President.” He then ruled unchallenged for thirty years...
...hundreds of these caf?s in the city. But with so many to choose from, where are your calories best consumed? All serve coffee, a true Viennese passion inherited from the Turks, who left the beans behind after their invasion in 1683. Specialist pastry shops gained popularity among the Habsburg aristocracy at the end of the 18th century. So forget about your waistline and check out four of the best Caf? Konditoreien the Austrian capital has to offer...
...these cafés in the city. But with so many to choose from, where are your calories best consumed? All serve coffee, a true Viennese passion inherited from the Turks, who left the beans behind after their invasion in 1683. Specialist pastry shops gained popularity among the Habsburg aristocracy at the end of the 18th century. So forget about your waistline and check out four of the best Café Konditoreien the Austrian capital has to offer: Demel Dating from 1786, Demel is one of Vienna's oldest pastry shops and offers sumptuous rococo-style surroundings. Tuck into...
...hear that an artist as original as El Greco could be a difficult and opinionated man; his correspondence is full of squabbles over how much he should rightfully be paid. It was the same in Madrid, where he went in hope of securing work from Philip II, the Habsburg King who was then completing El Escorial, his immense new monastery-palace. But El Greco's turbulent canvases were nothing like the serene, legible art that Philip had in mind. Disappointed again, El Greco moved on, this time to Toledo, where he would spend the rest of an increasingly productive life...