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                 4 . Universität
                   The University
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                    its professors.                    NORTH OF
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                        N                           Mölker­Bastei No. 8,
                         U                          which, in 1804–8 and
                                                    again in 1810–15, was
                                                    the home of Ludwig van
                                       Statue of Liebenberg,   Beethoven. It was here
                                       the gallant mayor of   that he composed his
                                       Vienna during the   opera Fidelio, as well as
                                       Turkish siege of    Symphonies 4, 5, 7 and 8.
                                       the town in 1683.  Today, the house is a
                                                    small museum.
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                                   Bacchanalian procession.
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