
Director general of the Austrian National Library
Johanna Rachinger
(L) and President of the Austrian UNESCO commission
Hans Marte
display a facsimile of a fragment of the "
Tabula Peutingeriana"

, an
ancient roadmap of the Roman Empire dating back to the late 12th or early 13th century in the national library in Vienna November 26, 2007. The sole surviving copy of a chart used by the Roman Empire's courier service, was put on show for just one day on Monday after being accorded "Memory of the World" status by UNESCO.
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