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Top 10 Top 10 Events in the Hofburg Palace
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1. A fort is built on the site of today’s Hofburg (1275)
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2. Alte Burg wing is built under Ferdinand I (1547–52)
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3. Fischer von Erlach starts building the Winter Riding School (1729)
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4. Carousels with the Lipizzaner horses staged in the Winter Riding School (1740–80)
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5. Mozart performs regularly in the Burgkapelle between 1781 and 1791
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6. Vienna Congress is held (1815)
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7. Michaeler wing is built (1889–93)
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8. World War I prevents the construction of the second wing (1918)
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9. Hitler proclaims the Austrian annexation to the Third Reich from the balcony of Neue Burg (1938)
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10. Fire destroys the ballroom in the Redoute wing (1992)
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