it's highlights include st stephen's cathedral and the imperial palace. i'm in vienna today for a very special reason and 2020 years of lovers around the world are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the from beatle vince birth. who was born and born but spent most of his life in vienna. he lived here for over 3 decades and wrote his masterpieces today i want to see how visible loopy from beethoven still is in vienna what makes the city so attractive to musicians and why was beethoven so restless i mean during his time here he moved on average once a year as you can see have a lot of questions that need answering one day in vienna following the footsteps of the great beethoven. off course we will also give you an overview of the sights to see in vienna. and the killing there is special t c for which the city is famous. in addition we will show you how big is being honored in his native poland. one of the top addresses for music lovers in vienna it's the sound easy and how still music it's all about the sounds and noises and the exhibition starts in the s

does so, he will impress other people within the imperial bureaucracy, and that's likely to lead to a promotion. >> pontius pilate lives here in this palace, and look at this place. it had a swimming pool. it had beautiful mosaic floors. this was the center of imperial roman power in judaea. >> when pilate and his wife are sitting in caesarea thinking about their lives, i don't think that they're expecting to spend the rest of their life in judaea. they probably saw this as a staging post, as a stepping stone to something greater. >> pilate has his work cut out if he is to succeed. there's been a roman presence for almost a century, but judaea's only actually been under direct roman rule for 20 years. >> i doubt that most jews accepted roman rule. most harbored the hope that one day rome would be ousted. >> the people did not believe that caesar was sovereign. they believed that god was sovereign. >> pilate is immediately confronted by the challenges of the job. >> close to day one, he tried to take the roman standards into the temple precincts, and of course this caused a huge riot. >> this is a very antagonistic act because these standa

palace, relatively new to the post. having succeeded lieutenant colonel andrew ford. being presented with the imperialthis crown is only seen rarely at the state opening of and and at coronations. it's a rare sight indeed. unless you are a regular visitor to the tower of london. it has been brought to westminster to be part of this important ceremony today. two other important items, the cap brought by adrian scully, and the sword of state, which we can get a glimpse of being brought by the usher to the sword of state. these are simply symbols of the sovereign's authority. ancient symbols. the cap of maintenance, traditionally a cap given by the pope to those monarchs he favoured. how times have changed. and the sword of state, which goes back to the reign of king james. it has been used at coronations and state openings for several centuries. being taken into the regalia room, as it is called, at the foot of the tower, where it will be prepared for the presentation itself and the royal gallery. these symbols of the sovereign's power are put on display, as they would have been in previous years, they

it's highlights include st stephen's cathedral and the imperial palace. i'm in vienna today for a very special reason and 2020 music lovers around the world are celebrating the 250th anniversary.