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This city was the capital of a region known unofficially as Cisleithania (“siss-lye-THAN-yuh”). At the start of the 20th century, (-5[1])this (10[1])city was heavily modernized under a populist and anti-Semitic mayor known as “handsome Karl.” The Compromise of 1867, also known as Ausgleich (“AUZ-glyck”), designated this city as the western capital of a reformed state. During the 20th century, (10[1])this city’s coffee houses (10[2])patronized (10[1])intellectuals (10[1]-5[1])like Leon Trotsky and Josip Broz Tito. (10[1])This (10[1])city’s Schönbrunn Palace was the birthplace of Emperor Franz Joseph I (10[1])and the main summer residence of the Habsburgs. For 10 points, what major city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire remains the capital of modern-day Austria? ■END■ (10[1])

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