Friday, 8 July 2011

Can you Guess the City ?



Clues:-
  • This capital city of Poland is famous for the 1944 uprising that saw 2 lakh people die.
  • In 1281 the name of this city first appeared in written documents and in 1526 City in incorporated into the Polish Kingdom.
  • In 1795 Poland was split between Russia, Prussia, and Austria and in 1918 Warsaw became capital of a Reborn Polish state.
  • In 1980 reconstructed Old Town was Added to UNESCO World Heritage List.
  • "Monument to the ghetto heros" ( Jewish fighters who resisted Nazis ) is located here.
Ans:- This is the city of WARSAW


Clues:-
  • Citizens of this city of Austria earn a lot.
  • In 1156 the Margrave (later Duke)Heinrich IV of Babenberg established his residence in this city.
  • In 1278 Rudolf of Habsburg took over this city and the Austrian Territories, beginning an empire that lasted 640 years until 1918.
  • In 1683 the Turkish army failed in its Second and last attempt to take this city, initiating 16 years of reconquest, resettlement, and a longer lasting Baroque building boom.
  • In 1857 Emperor Franz-Joseph orders the bastions round the old city to be demolished, inaugurating both the Ringstrasse, with its monumental civic buildings in historicist style, and a new era of modern civil society.
  • In 1955 The Austrian State Treaty is Signed by the victorious powers in Belvedere Palace,
  • Ending 10 years of post-World War-II occupation by Russia, America, British, and French forces.
  • This city is famous for Mozart the composer and Art History Museum.
Ans:- This is the city of VIENNA

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