The Congress of Vienna, begun in September 1814 and concluded ... was “le congress ne marche pas: il danse,” and the dance it danced most was the polonaise. As the distinguished British ...

The start of the Congress of Vienna ushered in the longest period of peace Europe had known for centuries. So why has its anniversary all but been ignored? True, the Congress of Vienna is mostly ...

Imagine Downton Abbey with much more opulence and sex, or Game of Thrones minus the violence, but with all of the political intrigue, and you have the Congress of Vienna. The congress began 200 ...

Using diaries, memoirs and dance music of the period, Michael Goldfarb tells the story of the Congress of Vienna and how it still affects us. Show more "The Congress doesn't work, it dances!" ...

It was known as the Congress of Vienna and as Kerry Skyring reports from Vienna – there was quite a lot of congress.

Metternich was a consummate European politician - the Congress of Vienna was his brainchild and hosting it in his own residence, across the street from the Imperial Hofburg Palace, helped to ...

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