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Silver Mine
The old silver mine , now resurrected as an exhibition mine and small health resort for sufferers of respiratory diseases.
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Scarbantia Forum
The Scarbantia Forum is an original Roman-era marketplace recently discovered under – and accessible through – an office block.
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Schatzkammer
In the upper galleries, the Schatzkammer contains votive offerings spanning six centuries, mainly naive-style paintings.
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Wehrkirche St Oswald
More a fortress than a Gothic church, this soaring bastion gained its heavy walls in 1532 as protection against the Turks.
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Kronprinzengarten
To the east of the palace is the Kronprinzengarten , a replica of the baroque garden that occupied the space around 1750.
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Constanze Mozart Memorial
Look out for the memorial plaque at No 8, the house where Mozart’s beloved Constanze died, tucked away in the corner of Mozartplatz.
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Happ’s Reptilienzoo
Crocodiles plus all manner of creepers, crawlers and slitherers are here for kids and adults to admire. Some signs are in English.
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Panoramastrasse
A scenic road climbs most of the way up Loser (1838m), the main peak overlooking the Altausseer See. Snow chains are required in winter.
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Stadtpfarrkirche St Stephan
To the west of Stadtplatz rises the spire of late-Gothic Stadtpfarrkirche St Stephan . At almost 100m, it’s one of the tallest in Austria.
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Südburgenländisches Freilichtmuseum
Südburgenländisches Freilichtmuseum is a small but rewarding open-air museum filled with thatched buildings from 19th-century Burgenland.
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Carmelite Convent
The Carmelite convent can be visited, but it’s not really worth the effort; all you see is a chapel and a couple of rooms of mementos.
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Pfarrkirche St Stephan
This parish church combines Gothic and baroque elements, along with the wonderful 13th-century frescoed Romanesque funerary chapel.
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Felsenmuseum
Felsenmuseum concentrates its displays on the gemstone serpentine and its local mining (it was first mined in the town in the mid-19th century).
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Sphaera
You cant miss Stephan Balkenhol’s striking, 9m-high Sphaera on Kapitelplatz, a huge golden globe topped by a startlingly realistic-looking man.
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Alpen
Some excellent rolling art exhibitions are held in the Alpen-Adria-Galerie im Stadthaus , usually featuring contemporary or post-modern artists.
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Fischerkirche
At the opposite end of Rathausplatz from the Katholische Kirche, this is the oldest church in Rust, built between the 12th and 16th centuries.
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Katzenturm
Towers surviving from the old fortifications include the 40m-high Katzenturm , where Vorarlberg’s biggest bell (weighing 7500kg) still tolls.
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Pfarrkirche St Xaver
The simple exterior of this early baroque church, built in 1665 as a Jesuit church, belies a complex interior of white walls and black-and-gold baroque altars.
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Museum Mondseeland und Pfahlbaumuseum
Next door to the parish church, this museum has displays on Stone Age finds and the monastic culture of the region (Mondsee is a very old monastery site).
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Altes Rathaus
Leoben’s connection with the iron industry is seen in the curious town motif displayed on the Altes Rathaus façade, which shows an ostrich eating horseshoes.
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