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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, this 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 (-5[1])20th century, this city’s coffee houses patronized (10[1])intellectuals like Leon (10[1])Trotsky (10[1])and Josip Broz (10[1])Tito. (10[2])This city’s Schönbrunn Palace was the birthplace of Emperor Franz Joseph I and the main summer residence of the Habsburgs. (10[1])For 10 points, what major city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire remains the capital of modern-day (10[1])Austria? ■END■ (10[1])

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