The plague often carries the title "Viennese…
1679 CE
Vienna has suffered from episodic plague outbreaks since the first wave of "Black Death" in the fourteenth century.
Located on the River Danube, a major trading crossroads between east and west, the city is crowded and densely built.
Descriptions indicate that there are no public sewers or drainage systems, with stinking mounds of domestic garbage littering the streets.
In addition, warehouses for trade goods, which hold items such as clothing, carpets, and grain for months at a time, are heavily infested with rats.
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