In the city of Graz, Austria

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(in the capital of the Bundesland [federal state] of Steiermark, Austria) This country's second city, Graz is found on the Mur River between the Styrian Alps and a wide, fertile basin, the Grazerfeld. (The name Graz is derived from gradec, a Slavic word meaning “small fortress.”) The Schlossberg (“Castle Hill”), some 1,550 feet (470 meters) high, seems to keep an ever vigilant watch over the city. The Schlossberg fortifications were blown up by the French in 1809, to comply with the provisions of the Treaty of Schönbrunn, and the site was laid out with parks after 1839. The 16th-century Uhrturm (clock tower) and the belfry survive as prominent local landmarks. The emblem of the city, the Uhrturm is so beloved that the townsfolk of Graz paid Napoleon a ransom of 2987 florins (and 11 farthings) to spare it during his 1809 invasion. The most notable buildings are in the old section of Graz (designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999) —and include the Renaissance Landhaus (the meetinghouse of the Styrian estates), the armory, the Town Hall, an 11th-century castle; St. Aegidius Cathedra, and the adjacent mausoleum of Ferdinand II, a native of Graz and Holy Roman emperor.