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Wien, 3. Bezirk (Schloss - Zamek - Schwarzenberg), Palacio de Schwarzenberg, Schwarzenberg Palace, Palazzo di Schwarzenberg, le Palais de Schwarzenberg (Schwarzenbergplatz/Prinz-Eugen-Straße/Rennweg)
Schwarzenberg Palace
In 1697 the imperial Obersthofmarschall (master court marshal) Franz Heinrich Count of Mansfeld Prince of Fondi acquired some vineyards of the Vienna Jesuits and then commissioned Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt the construction of a palatial summer palace. At the same time Jean Trehet received a contract to design the garden. Count Mansfeld was a military rival of Prince Eugene. His career, however, run more calmly. So he tried to counterbalance the Prince at least architecturally. The building ground immediately adjacent to the Lower Belvedere was deliberately chosen as well as the architect, the builder of the Prince. After the death of the owner bought Prince Adam Franz Karl of Schwarzenberg in 1715 the yet unfinished building and replaced the previous architect by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. He completed the characteristic central projection risalit and the domed hall. After the death of Fischer his son Joseph Emanuel completed the furnishing of the rooms to 1728. The Orangerie and the riding school on the garden side, however, were only in the mid-18th century by Andrea Altomonte added. The garden already has been changed by JE Fischer von Erlach. To water supply to the fountains he had put up one of the first steam engines of the continent. During the Second World War the central wing of the palace and the right wing were virtually destroyed by bomb hits. The long again restored building remained till today in possession of the Schwarzenberg family, who also lives here and a part of it runs as hotel and restaurant .
The Palais Schwarzenberg has among the Baroque garden palaces of Vienna best preserved its original character, though the baroque garden in 1783 was redesigned in an English landscape park and the court of honour has found a new function as a parking lot. The rectangular main building is bordered by the symmetrically arranged annexes, which form the main courtyard (Ehrenhof). Curved ramps lead to an elegant, three-arched, rectangular arcaded porch, behind which the once by a figure-decorated attic crowned, rounded central projection lies. It projects at the front a little bit backward and at the garden side, analogous, a little foreward. It contains the domed hall, those square floor plan is complemented by a North and South apse. Left of it and right of it connect the state rooms. In the left wing was located the dining room, the study and bedroom of the Prince and the gallery. The latter, also known as the Marble Hall, is the most interesting space. The here situated art gallery is - as only Baroque gallery of Vienna - in its original arrangement preserved. The stucco works stem from Johann and Balthasar Hagenmüller, the frescoes from Daniel Gran. Unfortunately, his large ceiling fresco (1723/24) in the domed hall in 1945 was destroyed. In the right wing were housed the chapel and the salons of Princess. The chapel is an almost square room with white-golden stucco work. It yet goes back to Hildebrandt. Among the pieces of furniture of the staterooms are a complicated astronomical grandfather clock as well as some beautiful fireplaces to mention. Part of the furniture comes from the in 1894 demolished Palais Schwarzenberg at Neuer Markt. Behind the building connects parallel to the Belvedere Park an elongated garden, where four groups of statues of sandstone by Lorenzo Mattielli have been preserved. The large stone vases are made according to designs by Fischer von Erlach. The Eggenburger (Lower Austria) stone mason Andrea Steinböckh created the cascade. The former riding school and the economy tracts at the Prinz-Eugen-Straße in 1928 were redesigned by Carl W. Schmidt in Baroque style. There today the Swiss embassy has its headquarters.
Location / Address: 1030 Vienna, Rennweg 2
Visit: The state rooms are on the occasion of events accessible, the rest of the building is used privately ore rented.
Wien, 3. Bezirk (Schloss - Zamek - Schwarzenberg), Palacio de Schwarzenberg, Schwarzenberg Palace, Palazzo di Schwarzenberg, le Palais de Schwarzenberg (Schwarzenbergplatz/Prinz-Eugen-Straße/Rennweg)
Schwarzenberg Palace
In 1697 the imperial Obersthofmarschall (master court marshal) Franz Heinrich Count of Mansfeld Prince of Fondi acquired some vineyards of the Vienna Jesuits and then commissioned Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt the construction of a palatial summer palace. At the same time Jean Trehet received a contract to design the garden. Count Mansfeld was a military rival of Prince Eugene. His career, however, run more calmly. So he tried to counterbalance the Prince at least architecturally. The building ground immediately adjacent to the Lower Belvedere was deliberately chosen as well as the architect, the builder of the Prince. After the death of the owner bought Prince Adam Franz Karl of Schwarzenberg in 1715 the yet unfinished building and replaced the previous architect by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. He completed the characteristic central projection risalit and the domed hall. After the death of Fischer his son Joseph Emanuel completed the furnishing of the rooms to 1728. The Orangerie and the riding school on the garden side, however, were only in the mid-18th century by Andrea Altomonte added. The garden already has been changed by JE Fischer von Erlach. To water supply to the fountains he had put up one of the first steam engines of the continent. During the Second World War the central wing of the palace and the right wing were virtually destroyed by bomb hits. The long again restored building remained till today in possession of the Schwarzenberg family, who also lives here and a part of it runs as hotel and restaurant .
The Palais Schwarzenberg has among the Baroque garden palaces of Vienna best preserved its original character, though the baroque garden in 1783 was redesigned in an English landscape park and the court of honour has found a new function as a parking lot. The rectangular main building is bordered by the symmetrically arranged annexes, which form the main courtyard (Ehrenhof). Curved ramps lead to an elegant, three-arched, rectangular arcaded porch, behind which the once by a figure-decorated attic crowned, rounded central projection lies. It projects at the front a little bit backward and at the garden side, analogous, a little foreward. It contains the domed hall, those square floor plan is complemented by a North and South apse. Left of it and right of it connect the state rooms. In the left wing was located the dining room, the study and bedroom of the Prince and the gallery. The latter, also known as the Marble Hall, is the most interesting space. The here situated art gallery is - as only Baroque gallery of Vienna - in its original arrangement preserved. The stucco works stem from Johann and Balthasar Hagenmüller, the frescoes from Daniel Gran. Unfortunately, his large ceiling fresco (1723/24) in the domed hall in 1945 was destroyed. In the right wing were housed the chapel and the salons of Princess. The chapel is an almost square room with white-golden stucco work. It yet goes back to Hildebrandt. Among the pieces of furniture of the staterooms are a complicated astronomical grandfather clock as well as some beautiful fireplaces to mention. Part of the furniture comes from the in 1894 demolished Palais Schwarzenberg at Neuer Markt. Behind the building connects parallel to the Belvedere Park an elongated garden, where four groups of statues of sandstone by Lorenzo Mattielli have been preserved. The large stone vases are made according to designs by Fischer von Erlach. The Eggenburger (Lower Austria) stone mason Andrea Steinböckh created the cascade. The former riding school and the economy tracts at the Prinz-Eugen-Straße in 1928 were redesigned by Carl W. Schmidt in Baroque style. There today the Swiss embassy has its headquarters.
Location / Address: 1030 Vienna, Rennweg 2
Visit: The state rooms are on the occasion of events accessible, the rest of the building is used privately ore rented.