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Extract from the Badgastein Travel Guides:
Ranged across the head of the valley where the
Gasteiner Ache
descends in a series of cascades, the streets of
BADGASTEIN
gaze down on the Gasteinertal like rows of seating in some ancient amphitheatre. Although known as a
spa
since medieval times, Badgastein didn't really take off until the early nineteenth century, when a stream of society figures - led by Archduke Johann, who built the
Meranhaus
here in 1828 - descended on the valley to take the cure. Emperor Franz-Josef, Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany and Bismarck were among those who followed. The town has undergone numerous f...
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