Maria Augusta Kutschera, born in 1925, a postulant from Nonnberg Abbey, arrived at the Von Trapp ... after their flight from Austria in 1938. They left Austria, not, as in the film, by climbing ...

The funicular is for wimps. After ten minutes, I reach Nonnberg Abbey, dating back to the year 700, famous for featuring in The Sound of Music. We pop into the convent church as time is running fast.

The Casamari pharmacy, still in operation after two centuries, remains a powerful symbol of the connection between monastic life and the science of plants, all for the greater glory of God.

Law authorities in Austria have smashed an illegal lottery operation which was profiting from tickets sold worldwide. After a raid on the headquarters of the operation at a residential location in ...

Swivel to the left and there are the nuns of Nonnberg Abbey singing How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?. Rotate slightly to the right and there's the staircase from which the von Trapp children ...

BASEL, Switzerland -Austria won the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Swiss host city Basel on Saturday, with the country's first victory since bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst won in 2014.

Her Majesty The Queen visited Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 14th May to unveil the foundation stone for The King Charles III Sacristy - a new building which is being constructed to transform the ...

A Chinese delegation led by Li Hongzhong, vice chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, visited Austria from Sunday to Wednesday. During his stay in the Austrian ...

JJ, whose full name is Johannes Pietsch, was Austria’s third Eurovision winner, and the first since bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst in 2014. The 24-year-old countertenor, who sings at the ...

More than four decades ago, Bill Dillon opened Abbey Road Pub & Restaurant at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. Now, the diehard Beatles fan has expanded his 22nd Street establishment with the ...