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Blumencorso
© Copyright Blumenkorso im Prater zu Wien. Painting by W. Gause, 1886 (Museen der Stadt Wien). Flower Carnival, until 1914 annual parade of decorated horse carriages in the main avenue of the Prater park in Vienna; first introduced in 1886 as part of a spring celebration organized by Pauline Metternich. Today, such flower carnivals are also organized on a local basis, e.g. narcissus carnival at Mariazell and Bad Aussee (Styria).
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