City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg
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How it came to be
Graz first appears in the records in 1128. In the 14th century it became the seat of the Inner Austrian line of the Habsburgs. Emperor Frederick III built the castle in 1438-1453, and in 1557-1565 Domenico dell'Allio built the Renaissance Landhaus for the Styrian parliament.
Archduke Charles II founded the University of Graz in 1585, and the astronomer Johannes Kepler lived and taught here from 1594 to 1600. The court left the castle in 1619, and Ferdinand II later moved the imperial capital to Vienna.
In 1625 Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg, a statesman in the service of Ferdinand II, began a palace about 3 km west of the centre. It is laid out as an image of the universe, with 365 outer windows, 31 rooms on each floor and 24 state rooms. The historic centre was inscribed in 1999, and Schloss Eggenberg was added in 2010.
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