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Schatzkammer
Schatzkammer is the Imperial Treasury in Vienna. Located in the Hofburg Palace, entrance at the Schweizer Hof (Swiss Courtyard). The Schatzkammer is a collection of 1,000 years of treasures. The display was completely renovated in 1983-1987. It houses the crowns and relics and vestments of the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Empire. Here you can see the Holy Lance -- reputedly the lance that pierced Jesus' side -- the Imperial Crown (a sacred symbol of sovereignty once stolen on Hitler's orders), and the Saber of Charlemagne . Also housed is the Burgundian Treasure , connected with that most romantic of medieval orders of chivalry, the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Categories: Austria | Austrian history | Austria-Hungary | Austrian Empire | Crown Jewels | German history | Habsburg | Holy Roman Empire | Orders of knighthood | Vienna
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