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Linz

Linz Austria - 2022 Danube River cruise. Linz is the capital of Upper Austria and with a population of 200,000, is Austria’s third largest city. The Old Town part of Linz has a large public square surrounded by historically and architecturally interesting buildings, churches and houses. The economic importance of Linz was founded over centuries of trade dating as far back as the Roman Empire when it was a local government city and provincial capital. It gained further importance as an industrial and cultural centre under the Germans during WW2 because Adolf Hitler spent most of his youth in the Linz area and considered it his home town and so supported it’s prominence as an industrial and cultural centre.
The Holy Trinity or Plague Column to remember the people who died in the Black Death plague epidemics in 1679, Linz, Austria
Pilgrimage church on Pöstlingberg (Wallfahrtsbasilika), dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin Mary. It was built in 1748. Linz, Austria
Some of the many historically relevant and architecturally interesting houses and buildings around the main square in Linz, Austria
Some of the many historically relevant and architecturally interesting houses and buildings around the main square in Linz, Austria
An ad for a modern bar in the historic main square in Linz, Austria
The Linz Old Town Hall has the Tourist Information office and a very large and detailed aerial photographic map of the city. Quite amazing in that you can walk…
The Linz Old Town Hall has the Tourist Information office and a very large and detailed aerial photographic map of the city. Quite amazing in that you can walk…
Small businesses and apartment buildings connected to the old square, Linz, Austria
A “trinkwasser” or drinking fountain in the old city Linz, Austria
Old cathedral steeple in Linz, Austria
Statues on the portico of one of the many historic buildings in Linz, Austria
The Adalbert Stifter monument in Linz. He was a very popular Austrian writer, poet and painter who lived in the mid 18 hundreds. Linz, Austria
Statues on the portico of one of the many historic buildings in Linz, Austria
An ornate water fountain in the Old Town area of Linz, Austria
An ornate water fountain in the Old Town area of Linz, Austria
The main door and passage through one of the many old building in the Old Town area of Linz, Austria
Some of the many historically relevant and architecturally interesting houses and buildings in the Old Town area of Linz, Austria
An interesting local character in the Old Town area of Linz, Austria
Some of the many historically relevant and architecturally interesting houses and buildings in the Old Town area of Linz, Austria
A very green courtyard visible from the street in the Old Town area of Linz, Austria