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Mozart tombstone at St. Marx Cemetery
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St. Marx Cemetery -- Vienna

Mozart died on December 5, 1791 and was buried two days later in a common grave, as was the custom, in this cemetery. A monument was built on the presumed gravesite following the 100th anniversary of his birth.

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