This linguistic diversity is a result of South Tyrol's history. Before the end of World War I, the region was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However, in 1919, it was handed over to Italy as part ...

The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland. The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved into Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia. When the Ottoman Empire ...

Vienna developed from early Celtic and Roman settlements into a Medieval and Baroque city, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It played an essential role as a leading European music centre, ...