Ringstrasse
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Ringstrasse has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Rest Is History. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Tom HollandEnglish actor cast as Telemachus
Holland questions whether Vienna's florid neo-Baroque architecture signalled imperial strength compared with Germany's austere style.
“if you've got a serious architecture and you've got a kind of wedding cake architecture, which one is going to have the most potent empire?”
The Rest Is History: 689. A Murderous Affair: The Habsburgs’ Greatest Scandal (Part 1) (Jul 19, 2026) · Listen from 41:44
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- The Rest Is History · 1 episode
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689. A Murderous Affair: The Habsburgs’ Greatest Scandal (Part 1)The Rest Is History · Jul 19, 2026 · 1 h 13 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook set the scene for the 1889 Mayerling incident, tracing Crown Prince Rudolf's troubled family, 1880s Vienna, and his first meetings with Mary Vetsera.