"Graz is an exemplary model of the living heritage of a central European urban complex influenced by the secular presence of the Habsburgs. The site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1999. The extension concerns the castle, Schloss Eggenberg, located about three kilometres west of the historic centre of Graz. It was built shortly after 1625, on the site of an earlier castle, as the state residence of Duke Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg (1568-1634), one of the most prominent political personalities of 17th-century Austria. Schloss Eggenberg is an exceptionally well-preserved example which bears witness, through its architecture and external decoration, to the influence of the late Italian Renaissance and the Baroque period."
Source: UNESCO World Heritage
Postcard 1 - Schloss Eggenberg
Nice winter view of Schloss Eggenberg which was added to Graz UNESCO World Heritage in 2010. Thanks to Anita of Graz, Austria.
Postcard 2 - Graz Historic Center
Die Kulturhauptstadt, Graz. The historic center of Graz is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Postage stamp of Muhamad Ali with "Austria" used. Thanks to "Daimondlucy".
Graz is the capital of Styria (Steiermark) - one of the nine federal Austrian districts. Thanks to Anita.
Postcard 3 - Historic Graz
Postcard 4- Historic Graz
Landeshauptstadt, Graz of Austria. Thanks to Anita for this second postcard.
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