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Austro-Hungarian Embassy to the Holy See

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From the end of the 18th century until 1916, the Austro-Hungarian Embassy to the Holy See, located in Palazzo Venezia (Rome) was the longa manus of the Austrian Emperor who, through the Embassy, exercised his protection rights (sometimes participating in the administration) on various Roman institutions. These include the Teutonic Church of Santa Maria dell'Anima, the Teutonic Cemetery, the Fraternity of the Holy Name of Mary at the Trajan Forum, the Foundation of Loreto, the Germanic-Hungarian, Bohemian, Ruthenian and Polish Colleges, the Collegiate Chapter of St. Jerome of the Slavs and Illyrians, and the Austrian Historical Institute.