. Europe and other continents . Fig. show the location of Vienna at the crossing of railway routes. Principal Cities.—While there are many small cities inthis empire, there are surprisingly few large ones. Thetwo largest, Vienna, the capital of Austria, and Buda-pest, the capital of Hungary, are located on the Danube A USTRIA-H UNGAR Y 335 River and not on the sea-coast. Suggest reasons for thisfact. Vienna, which is larger than Philadelphia, is the great-est city in Austria-Hungary and the fourth largest inEurope. The reason for its size is found first of all in itslocation (Fig. 225),
. Europe and other continents . Fig. show the location of Vienna at the crossing of railway routes. Principal Cities.—While there are many small cities inthis empire, there are surprisingly few large ones. Thetwo largest, Vienna, the capital of Austria, and Buda-pest, the capital of Hungary, are located on the Danube A USTRIA-H UNGAR Y 335 River and not on the sea-coast. Suggest reasons for thisfact. Vienna, which is larger than Philadelphia, is the great-est city in Austria-Hungary and the fourth largest inEurope. The reason for its size is found first of all in itslocation (Fig. 225), on a large river in the central part ofEurope. Moreover, it is situated at an opening between. Fig. view in Vienna. mountains, through which, from the earliest times, thebest routes have passed from western Europe to Asia, andfrom northern Europe to the Mediterranean. The rail-ways which lead from St. Petersburg to Rome, and fromBerlin and Paris to Constantinople, naturally convergetoward this point, making the city a great railway andtrade centre. Trace these roads on Figure 119. Whatcountries do they cross ? 336 EUROPE Vienna is a beautiful city, with many public buildings(Figs. 222 and 226), including the palace of the emperor andsome fine museums. The noted University of Vienna is alsolocated here. Naturally there is much manufacturing in andnear a city so favorably situated for bringing materials, by railor river, from all parts of the kingdom. Budapest (Fig. 227), consisting of two towns (Budaand Pest) on opposite banks of the Danube, is the seat of
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