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Baroque streetscapes and imperial palaces set the stage for artistic and musical masterpieces alongside its coffee-house culture. Vienna's imperial grandeur also houses the famed Spanish Riding School, where Lipizzaner stallions perform elegant equine ballet. One of the Habsburgs' most dazzling Rinsgstrasse palaces, the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, houses the imperial art collection of priceless works by the Old Masters together with a musical heritage that includes composers Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Strauss, Brahms and Mahler, among countless others makes Vienna the city of music. The finer things in life extend to opulent coffee-house serving spectacular cakes together with hearty portions of Wiener schnitzel.