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City theatre in Klagenfurt, Austria
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Klagenfurt, city, capital of Kärnten Bundesland (federal state), southern Austria. It lies along the Glan River in a basin east of Wörther Lake and north of the Karawanken Mountains. Founded in the 12th century and chartered in 1279, it passed to the Habsburgs in 1335. As it was largely destroyed in a fire in 1514, most of its notable buildings date from the 16th century and have lines influenced by Italian architects who had been called in to build fortifications. The city has been the capital of the federal state of Kärnten since 1518 and the seat of the prince-bishops ...(100 of 204 words)

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