First recorded in 1880–85; named after Prince Albert of Saxe -Coburg
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“We stand 5 minutes or 5 seconds from the finish line,” Russian Ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov told reporters outside Vienna’s Palais Coburg, four days into the talks.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2022
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives at Palais Coburg where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, February 28, 2022.
From Reuters ● Aug. 3, 2022
The same morning, his sister, 60 miles away in Coburg, was flooded with foreboding and persuaded her father to send a telegram inquiring about her brother’s well-being.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2022
The remaining signatories to the nuclear deal - Iran, Russia, China, France, Germany and Britain - have been meeting at the Palais Coburg, a luxury hotel where the agreement was signed six years ago.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
At Coburg I used to go about and seek for a quiet place where I might be buried, and in the chapel under the cross I thought I could lie well.
From Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle
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