The Lipizzaners

Rigidity and elegance, perseverance and easiness, precision and harmony: how does it all come together? What is the secret of the Lipizzaners? How is the magic created, that attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors from all around the world every year? Sonja Klima, director of the Spanish Riding School, gives a glimpse behind the scenes of this dazzling part of Austrian identity and makes it approachable. A quick and entertaining read, which provides interesting facts and exciting anecdotes from a more than 450-year-old history that goes back to the beginnings of the Imperial and Royal Monarchy.