Prater

The Wiener Prater is a large public park in Vienna's 2nd district Leopoldstadt. The Wurstelprater amusement park, often simply called "Prater", stands in one corner of the Prater and includes the Riesenrad. The name Prater derives from one or the other or possibly both Latin words pratum meaning meadow and Praetor meaning Magistrate/Lawyer, possibly via Spanish prado. The area that makes up the modern Prater was first mentioned in 1162, when Empe... more

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Vienna (pronounced /viˈɛːnə/; German: Wien [ˈviːn], Austro-Bavarian: Wean) is the capital of the Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million (2.3 million within the metropolitan area, which means more than...
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