Next to the Burgenland Therme, this small but rewarding open-air museum is filled with thatched buildings from 19th-century Burgenland.
Südburgenländisches Freilichtmuseum
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Built in 1417, Storno House has an illustrious history: King Matthias stayed here in 1482–83, and Franz Liszt played a number of concerts here in the mid…
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