Klagenfurt:
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee is the capital of the federal state of Carinthia in Austria. With a population of over 90,000 it is the sixth-largest city in the country. The city is the bishop's seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt and home to the Alpen-Adria University.
The Old City with its central Alter Platz (Old Square) and the Renaissance buildings with their charming arcaded court yards is a major attraction. Notable landmarks also include:
- the lindworm fountain of 1593, with a Hercules added in 1633
- Landhaus - Palace of the Estates, now the seat of the State Assembly.
- the Baroque cathedral, built by the then Protestant Estates of Carinthia
- Viktring Abbey
- Hypo-Arena soccer stadium
- Minimundus, the "small world on lake Wörthersee"
- the Kreuzbergl nature park with a viewing tower and observatory
- the small but attractive botanical garden at the foot of Kreuzbergl, with a mining museum attached
- Wörthersee, the warmest of the large Alpine lakes, with Europe's largest non-sea beach and lido taking 12,000 bathers on a nice summer day.
- Maria Loretto peninsula with its newly renovated stately home, until recently in the possession of one of Carinthia's noble families, the Rosenbergs, but acquired lately by the City.
- Tentschach and Hallegg castles
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