Other Information= Federal Monuments Office Vienna. a department of the Federal Chancellery responsible for cultural heritage in Austria. The BDA was established in 1853 under Emperor Franz Joseph I, as a central commission for the preservation of National Heritage Sites. Its duties include the preservation, restoration and cataloging of immoveable cultural heritage. The BDA is also responsible for restitution of some 8,000 objects and works of looted art
Other Information= Federal Monuments Office Vienna. a department of the Federal Chancellery responsible for cultural heritage in Austria. The BDA was established in 1853 under Emperor Franz Joseph I, as a central commission for the preservation of National Heritage Sites. Its duties include the preservation, restoration and cataloging of immoveable cultural heritage. The BDA is also responsible for restitution of some 8,000 objects and works of looted art