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Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

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Canto XXII

Argument

Virgil and Dante proceed, accompanied by the Demons, and see other

sinners of the same description in the same gulf. The device of Ciampolo, one

of these, to escape from the Demons, who had laid hold on him.

It hath been heretofore my chance to see

Horsemen with martial order shifting camp,

To onset sallying, or in muster ranged,

Or in retreat sometimes outstretch'd for flight:

Light - armed squadrons and fleet foragers

Scouring thy plains, Arezzo! have I seen,

And clashing tournaments, and titling jousts,

Now with the sound of trumpets, now of bells,

Tabors,[1] or signals made from castled heights,

And with inventions multiform, our own,

Or introduced from foreign land; but ne'er

To such a strange recorder I beheld,

In evolution moving, horse nor foot,

Nor ship, the tack'd by sign from land or star.

[1: "Tabour, a drum, a common accompaniment of war, is mentioned as

one of the instruments of martial music in this battle (in Richard Coeur - de

- Lion) with characteristical propriety. It was imported into the European

armies from the Saracens in the holy war." Warton's Hist. of English Poetry,

vi.i. (a) 4, p. 167.]

With the ten Demons on our way we went;

Ah, fearful company! but in the church

With saints, with gluttons at the tavern's mess.

Still earnest on the pitch I gazed, to mark

All things whate'er the chasm contain'd, and those

Who burn'd within. As dolphins that, in sign

To mariners, heave high their arched backs,

That thence forewarn'd they may advise to save

Their threaten'd vessel; so, at intervals,

To ease the pain, his back some sinner show'd,

Then hid more nimbly than the lightning - glance.

E'en as the frogs, that of a watery moat

Stand at the brink, with the jaws only out,

Their feet and of the trunk all else conceal'd,

Thus on each part the sinners stood; but soon

As Barbariccia was at hand, so they

Drew back under the wave. I saw, and yet

My heart doth stragger, one, that waited thus,

As it befalls that oft one frog remains,

While the next springs away: and Graffiacan,

Who of the fiends was nearest, grappling seized

His clotted locks, and dragg'd him sprawling up,

That he appear'd to me an otter. Each

Already by their names I knew, so well

When they were chosen I observed, and mark'd

How one the other call'd. "O Rubicant!

See that his hide thou with thy talons flay,"

Shouted together all the cursed crew.

Then I: "Inform thee, Master! if thou may,

What wretched soul is this, on whom their hands

His foes have laid." My leader to his side

Approach'd, and whence he came inquired; to whom

Was answer'd thus: "Born in Navarre's domain,[2]

My mother placed me in a lord's retinue:

For she had borne me to a losel vile,

A spendthrift of his substance and himself.

The good King Thibault[3] after that I served:

To peculating here my thoughts were turn'd,

Whereof I give account in this dire heat."

[2: His name is said to be Ciampolo.]

[3: "Thibault I, King of Navarre, died on June 8, 1233, as much to be

commended for the desire he showed of aiding the war in the Holy Land, as

reprehensible and faulty for his design of oppressing the rights and

privileges of the Church. Thibault undoubtedly mertis praise, as for his other

endowments, so especially for his cultivation of the liberal arts, his

exercise and knowledge of music and poetry, in which he so much excelled that

he was accustomed to compose verses and sing them to the viol, and to exhibit

his poetical compositions publicly in his palace, that they might be

criticised by all."]

Straight Ciriatto, from whose mouth a tusk

Issued on either side, as from a boar,

Ripp'd him with one of these. 'Twixt evil claws

The mouse had fallen: but Barbariccia cried,

Seizing him with both arms: "Stand thou apart

While I do fix him on my prong transpierced."

Then added, turning to my guide his face,

"Inquire of him, if more thou wish to learn,

Ere he again be rent." My leader thus:

"Then tell us of the partners in thy guilt;

Knowest thou any sprung of Latin land

Under the tar?" "I parted," he replied,

"But now from one, who sojourn'd not far thence;

So were I under shelter now with him,

Nor hook nor talon then should scare me more."

"Too long we suffer," Libicocco cried;

Then, darting forth a prong, seized on his arm,

And mangled bore away the sinewy part.

Him Draghinazzo by his thighs beneath

Would next have caught; whence angrily their chief,

Turning on all sides round, with threatening brow

Restrain'd them. When their strife a little ceased,

Of him, who yet was gazing on his wound,

My teacher thus without delay inquired:

"Who was the spirit, from whom by evil hap

Parting, as thou hast told, thou camest to shore?"

"It was the friar Gomita,"[4] he rejoin'd,

"He of Gallura, vessel of all guile,

Who had his master's enemies in hand,

And used them so that they commend him well.

Money he took, and them at large dismiss'd;

So he reports; and in each other charge

Committed to his keeping play'd the part

Of barterer to the height. With him doth herd

The chief of Logodoro, Michel Zanche.[5]

Sardinia is a theme whereof their tongue

Is never weary. Out! alas! behold

That other, how he grins. More would I say,

But tremble lest he mean to maul me sore."

[4: He was intrusted by Nino de' Visconti with the government of

Gallura, one of the four jurisdictions of Sardinia. He took a bribe from his

master's enemies and allowed them to escape. See also Canto xxxiii and

Purgatory, Canto viii.]

[5: President of Logodoro, of the four Sardinian jurisdictions. See

Canto xxxiii. Note to v. 136.]

Their captain then to Farfarello turning,

Who roll'd his moony eyes in act to strike,

Rebuked him thus: "Off, cursed bird! avaunt!"

"If ye desire to see or hear," he thus

Quaking with dread resumed, "or Tuscan spirits

Or Lombard, I will cause them to appear.

Meantime let these ill talons bate their fury,

So that no vengeance they may fear from them,

And I, remaining in this self - same place,

Will, for myself but one, make seven appear,

When my shrill whistle shall be heard; for so

Our custom is to call each other up."

Cagnazzo at that word deriding grinn'd,

Then wagg'd the head and spake: "Hear his device,

Mischievous as he is, to plunge him down."

Whereto he thus, who fail'd not in rich store

Of nice - wove toils: "Mischief, forsooth, extreme!

Meant only to procure myself more woe."

No longer Alichino then refrain'd,

But thus, the rest gainsaying, him bespake:

"If thou do cast thee down, I not on foot

Will chase thee, but above the pitch will beat

My plumes. Quit we the vantage ground, and let

The bank be as a shield; that we may see,

If singly thou prevail against us all."

Now, reader, of new sport expect to hear.

They each one turn'd his eyes to the other shore,

He first, who was the hardest to persuade.

The spirit of Navarre chose well his time,

Planted his feet on land, and at one leap

Escaping, disappointed their resolve.

Them quick resentment stung, but him the most

Who was the cause of failure: in pursuit

He therefore sped, exclaiming, "Thou art caught."

But little it avail'd; terror outstripp'd

His following flight; the other plunged beneath,

And he with upward pinion raised his breast:

E'en thus the water - fowl, when she perceives

The falcon near, dives instant down, while he

Enraged and spent retires. That mockery

In Calcabrina fury stirr'd, who flew

After him, with desire of strife inflamed;

And, for the barterer had 'scaped, so turn'd

His talons on his comrade. O'er the dyke

In grapple close they join'd; but the other proved

A goshawk able to rend well his foe;

And in the boiling lake both fell. The heat

Was umpire soon between them; but in vain

To lift themselves they strove, so fast were glued

Their pennons. Barbariccia, as the rest,

That chance lamenting, four in flight despatch'd

From the other coast, with all their weapons arm'd.

They, to their post on each side speedily

Descending, stretch'd their hooks toward the fiends,

Who flounder'd, inly burning from their scars:

And we departing left them to that broil.

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Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

aeiou - the cultural information system of the bm: bwk

14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone 43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax 43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

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Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

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Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

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Francavilla di Sicilia is a town and comune in the Province of Messina on the island of Sicily, Italy.It has a population of about 4,000 people and is situated in the southern part of the province, close to the northern slopes of Mount Etna. The distance to Messina is about 50 km, and the town is about 70 km away from Catania airport. It is located in the valley of the River Alcantara between Taormina and Randazzo. Taormina and the Mediterranean Sea are about 15 km to the south-east. Neighboring towns and villages include: Antillo, Castiglione di Sicilia, Fondachelli-Fantina, Malvagna, Montalbano Elicona, Motta Camastra, Novara di Sicilia and Tripi.

Francavilla di Sicilia è un comune italiano di 4.065 abitanti della provincia di Messina in Sicilia.È situata al centro della Valle dell'Alcantara, a nord dell'Etna, sulla riva sinistra del fiume Alcantara. Il suo territorio è solcato dal fiume San Paolo e dal torrente Zavianni, ambedue affluenti dell'Alcantara.L'antico abitato, ancora anonimo, si rivela importante e assai consistente e data anteriormente al VII secolo a.C., era in cui forte fu l'impronta dell'espansionismo ellenistico. Tuttavia una forte presenza di complessi megalitici legati ai culti della fertilità, e soprattutto a quelli della Dea Madre (culto fortemente rappresentato dai reperti archeologici del VI sec. in poi- nella vasta area Piano di Marco/Via don Nino Russotti- i cui legami con Demetra e Kore sono inequivocabili, secondo gli studiosi), e disposti secondo precisi allineamenti, multiformi nell'aspetto e dalle forti impronte antropozoomorfe (con molti riferimenti ai rettili e alle divinità ctonie, al corredo di animali propri della dea Afrodite, arieti in particolare), rivelano essere sentinelle di peculiari percorsi che tracciano le grandi vie di comunicazione, sacre in quanto tali, di un'antichità tanto lontana quanto ancora ignota, ma che riserva quasi quotidianamente scoperte che destano tanta meraviglia quanti sono gli interrogativi che pongono. Disposti secondo mappe celesti che, spesso, le stesse pietre riportano sotto forma di fori allineati secondo varie figure e cerchi, rivelano la presenza di una civiltà ignota ma sicuramente evoluta. Non è difficile- ecco una traccia a nostro favore- collegarli con simili complessi megalitici sparsi un po' in tutto il mondo, ma possiamo forse datarli ad un'era anteriore alla stessa Stonehenge e ai complessi megalitici del nord Europa, per via delle loro forme e le gigantesche dimensioni. L'argomento è oggetto di attenti studi. L' antico nome di età greca fu presumibilmente Camastra, da cui la denominazione di Motta col predicato Camastra già in età medievale. Riporta Vito Amico che fu distrutta da Camestrio, generale di Gelone di Siracusa, ma possiamo affiancare a questa interpretazione del nome Camastra una forte assonanza con la Dea Madre-Amastris (Demetra, Demether per i Greci) che fu la divinità principale anche per i Fenici (Astarte). Un legame, ancorché sottile, lega i culti della Dea Madre ad un toponimo di probabile derivazione fenicia, presente tuttora nel taorminese con una contrada, Mastrissa, che insiste in un territorio caratterizzato da forte attinenza con la dea Venere romana e con Santa Venera cristiana. Mentre a Francavilla, sul monte Cucco/Orgala, prospiciente l'abitato, una contrada viene ancor oggi denominata " "a Matraria", che assona con "Demetra" secondo la pronuncia dialettale, oltre alla contrada 'san Dimitri' (san Demetrio) nei pressi di Rocca Badia, altro sito ad alta intensità megalitica, per non parlare, inoltre, della contrada santa Venera, disseminata di allineamenti litici visibili e ben concentrati secondo precise convergenze dal fiume s. Paolo alla vetta del colle omonimo.Francavilla medievale sorge tra il 1000 ed 1100. I primi dati storici non sono legati alla figura di San Cremete, un eremita che, durante la dominazione araba, viveva sulla piattaforma rocciosa nella zona chiamata Placa (o "A Badiazza") e che si trova nei pressi del bivio Novara - Mojo, come certa storiografia dei secoli scorsi ha perpetuato, ma già dal IX sec. si accenna all'abitato retto in campo religioso da un protopapa di rito greco. Sull'Abbazia del san Salvatore della Placa troviamo notizie in una pergamena che fa del 1100, nella quale si accenna a Clemente abate e non ancora santo all'epoca.La memoria popolare riporta che quando il conte Ruggero d'Altavilla passò in questa zona con il suo seguito, Cremete, o Clemente, secondo la denominazione latina, gli chiese un aiuto per costruire un Monastero sulla rocca dove egli conduceva la sua vita solitaria. Il conte Ruggero acconsentì e tra il 1090 ed il 1100 fu restaurato il già all'epoca "antico" Monastero di S. Salvatore di Placa dove si stabilirono i monaci dell'ordine basiliano.Intorno ad esso si formeranno poi degli agglomerati di case. In un primo momento si trattava solo di insediamenti di gruppi di contadini che lavoravano per i monaci in quanto, si racconta che Ruggero avesse stabilito che fossero proprietà del Convento tutte le terre che si vedevano dall'altura su cui esso era posto. Vedi Privilegio di Ruggero del quale esistono due versioni ufficiali e una locale corrotta (certamente artatamente) nella traduzione latina.Il castello è coevo al restauro o alla ricostruzione dell'abbazia del San Salvatore della Placa e sorse qualche decennio più tardi perché esistente come possibile acropoli dell'ancora anonima importantissima città sicula che fu Francavilla e come kastron in epoca bizantina. Sorge ancora sotto forma di ruderi su una collina distante 3 km in linea d'aria dalla Placa ed è in posizione strategica. Costituisce il centro della Valle dell'Alcantara ed è protetto e difeso dai castelli di Castiglione di Sicilia, Motta (la Mocta di la Placa), il forte della Placa (cioè la stessa abbazia col suo presidio militare). Vero è che restauri ed interventi siano stati effettuati sotto Guglielmo I D'Altavilla "il Malo" (1120 - 1166); per altri invece esso venne edificato sotto il regno di Guglielmo II detto il "Buono" (1153 - 1189), figlio del precedente. Il castello, maestoso come doveva essere nella sua integrità ed imprendibile (forse difeso da una tripla cinta muraria), pur essendo stato nei secoli teatro della storia non solo locale ma dell'intera Sicilia non è citato tra i castelli di Sicilia. Due chiese ne presidiavano i versanti Est ed Ovest, la chiesa di San Teodoro e la chiesa di San Giorgio.Oggi l'antico Castello feudale è ridotto ad un cumulo di macerie. Le pietre sono saldate con calce malfitana molto usata dagli antichi e di cui esiste ancora una cava nel territorio di Francavilla di Sicilia. Dal lato Est, i ruderi sono rappresentati da grosse ed alte mura, che svettano monumentali sul ciglione sovrastante la ripida parete del colle. Resta inoltre la saldatura muraria tra la linea del ciglione e l'alta muratura. Tra i ruderi della divisione interna; in un cortile, si trovano gli avanzi di una grande cisterna che doveva essere di primaria utilità per i presidiatori del luogo.

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Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)

Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

aeiou - the cultural information system of the bm: bwk

14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone 43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax 43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)

Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

aeiou - the cultural information system of the bm: bwk

14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria

www.aeiou.at

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

Marco Mengoni

Teatro Arcimboldi - Milano

26 Settembre 2013

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Marco Mengoni , vincitore incontrastato della terza edizione di 'X Factor'. Presenza scenica da professionista consumato, lunatico, "permaloso quasi antipatico", ha conquistato la stima del pubblico (non è mai finito in ballottaggio per l'eliminazione) grazie a interpretazioni di grande spessore.

Il 4 dicembre 2009 esce “DOVE SI VOLA”, il suo primo Ep, che in poche settimane scala le classifiche di vendita con oltre 70 mila copie.

“Dove si vola”, brano che da il titolo all’Ep, è difficile da interpretare per un uomo, sia per la tonalità molto alta che per l’articolazione della melodia sull’armonia. La forza vocale di Marco regala al pezzo una magia unica che, durante le esibizioni fa letteralmente volare il pubblico, pubblico che l’ha votato e proclamato, quasi fin da subito, il vero talento della terza edizione di X Factor. All’interno dell’EP un altro brano inedito, “Lontanissimo da te”, firmato Massimo e Piero Calabrese e cinque tra le più emozionanti cover cantate da Marco durante il programma.

Marco nasce a Ronciglione (VT) il 25 dicembre 1988 (Capricorno), proprio nel giorno di Natale. Fin da bambino ama tutti i generi musicali: “Alla tenera 'altezza' di 70 cm. comincio ad ascoltare di tutto, dal pop all’r&b, soul, rock ed inizio ad approfondire la mia cultura musicale: scopro il karaoke e comincio a cantare di nascosto, per timidezza. Poi una volta i miei per caso mi ascoltano e si convincono di mandarmi ad una scuola di canto. Da quel momento capisco che la musica non è poi così semplice come pensavo: c'era da imparare molto…. tecniche di respirazione, maschera facciale, scale, vocalizzi di qualsiasi genere, per affinare la voce”.

Marco inizia a cantare all’età di 14 anni. Mentre studia all'Istituto per il Design, segue anche una scuola di canto dove impara le prime tecniche per la gestione e l'utilizzo dei propri mezzi vocali. Visto il talento di Marco, l’insegnante di canto lo inserisce in un piccolo quintetto vocale con cui si esibisce in serate di piazza e per le festività, facendo cover.

Dopo 2 anni ha inizio il suo percorso solista con un gruppo di musicisti con il quale suona nei club un po’ del suo repertorio originale e un po’ di cover, continuando quindi la sua gavetta. Iniziano tre anni di duro lavoro e provinaggio, per affinare lo stile e la personalità, ed anche per questo, Marco, figlio unico, lascia la famiglia per trasferirsi a Roma. Contemporaneamente si iscrive all’Università nella Facoltà di Lingue, e fa esperienza come fonico e programmatore, prendendo familiarità con gli studi di registrazione.

Il suo genere preferito resta il Brit Pop e la sua massima, e amatissima, influenza musicale sono i Beatles: tra le sue canzoni preferite dei Fab 4 ci sono 'Michelle' e 'The Fool on te hill'. Anche se il brano che gli ha cambiato la vita è 'La luce dell’est' di Lucio Battisti.

Vincendo X Factor Marco partecipa di diritto alla Sessantesima Edizione del Festival di Sanremo, nella categoria 'Artisti', interpretando “Credimi ancora”, brano che fa parte dell’EP “Re Matto” uscito il 19 febbraio 2010 su etichetta Rca/Sony Music.

Il 2010 è un anno davvero unico per quest’artista giovane ma pieno di talento. Mentre la sua paginaFacebook continua a crescere (superando ad oggi i 300 mila iscritti), Il 3 e 4 maggio parte dall’Alcatraz di Milano Il “Re Matto Tour, un viaggio nella “Mattità”, un’avventura vertiginosa nella mente colorata e multiforme di MARCO MENGONI. Lo spettacolo nasce da un’ idea di Marco, Luca Tommassini e Stella Fabiani. La regia è affidata a LUCA TOMMASSINI, la direzione artistica è di PIERO CALABRESE, la produzione è di F&P Group e dei “CANTIERI MUSICALI” che da sempre lavorano con MENGONI. Nel team creativo di Marco e del “RE MATTO TOUR” sono state coinvolte figure importanti a livello mondiale come lo stilista Neil Barrett, che finora ha solo disegnato abiti per artisti come Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt e Johnny Depp, e lo scultore Davide Orlandi Dormino, creatore di “Opera Scacchi”, la scultura che invade il palco. “IL RE MATTO TOUR” è ideato, sviluppato e strutturato all’insegna della totale libertà, della poesia, della sregolatezza e dell’improvvisazione rendendo ogni concerto un vero evento, con ospiti a sorpresa cheMARCO scopre insieme al pubblico…una sfida che solo un Re Matto poteva accettare.

Intanto l’8 maggio Marco partecipa ai Trl Awards e vince nella categoria “Man of the Year”.

Il “Re Matto tour” è un’esperienza straordinaria per Marco, che vive e si ciba dell’entusiasmo del pubblico. È un tour trionfale che colleziona un sold out dopo l’altro.

Il 2 giugno viene premiato ai Wind Music Awards e si aggiudica il doppio disco di platino per il suo primo Ep “Dove si vola”, che raccoglie l’omonima canzone e alcune delle cover cantate durante il programma di X Factor, e l’album “Re Matto”, superando le 160 mila copie vendute.

Il "Re Matto" del pop italiano non si fa mancare proprio nulla. Supera gli altri colleghi in gara agli Ema 2010 nella categoria dedicata agli artisti italiani: Malika Ayane, dARi, Sonohra e Nina Zilli.

Questo è un riconoscimento fondamentale per Marco Mengoni, artista italiano rivelazione del 2010, che ad MTV si è già aggiudicato il premio come "Man Of The Year" ai TRL Awards 2010 ed è arrivato secondo in una gara all'ultima edizione del Coca Cola Live @ MTV: The Summer Song. Grazie alla vittoria come Best Italian Act, Marco è entrato in nomination per il "Best European Act" in concorrenza con gli altri vincitori dei regional act. Marco partecipa inoltre all'ottava edizione di "O'Scia'", insieme ad altre star del pop italiano ed internazionale, organizzata da Claudio Baglioni a Lampedusa in cui si intende sensibilizzare fan, politici e cittadini sul problema della immigrazione clandestina.

Il 19 ottobre esce su etichetta Rca/Sony Music il Cd+Dvd “Re Matto live”. L’album debutta al 1° posto della classifica dei dischi più venduti (Gfk/Fimi) e al 1° posto della classifica di iTunes.

A novembre Marco Mengoni, dopo aver trionfato nella categoria Best Italian Act, si aggiudica anche il prestigioso titolo di Best European Act: un premio importante per lui e per l'Italia, considerando che in 17 edizioni nessun italiano era mai riuscito a raggiungere tale riconoscimento.

Il 2 settembre 2011 arriva in radio il singolo “Solo” che, anticipando l’uscita del nuovo disco, schizza alprimo posto della classica di iTunes. Il 27 settembre esce “Solo 2.0”, un vero e proprio concept album, che oltre alle tracce del disco e a un contenuto virtuale speciale (Il Comic 2.0), contamina anche la prima parte del Tour.

Dopo un’anteprima trionfante del “Solo Tour” con due date evento al Forum di Assago e al Palalottomatica di Roma, Marco Mengoni decide di cambiare veste allo spettacolo e di svelare al pubblico un’altra porzione d’anima, il suo lato più intimista, quasi introspettivo, non tralasciando mai la sua voglia di stupire e di emozionare. È un TOUR TEATRALE che fa della suggestione visiva e sonora il suo punto di forza.

Uno spettacolo in cui musica, movimento scenico, luci e scenografie compenetrano tra loro, per toccare ancor più da vicino l’anima di chi ascolta. L’essenza intimista dello spettacolo è rappresentata soprattutto dal suono. Una chiave di lettura inedita, con cui verranno reinterpretati molti tra i brani più noti del repertorio di Marco, insieme ad alcune cover, mai eseguite prima.

Il tour teatrale, ideato da Elisa, Marco Mengoni e Andrea Rigonat, parte dall’Arcimboldi di Milano il 19 aprile, passando dal Filarmonico di Verona, il Politeama di Palermo, il Gran Teatro di Roma e molti dei teatri più importanti d’Italia.

In radio intanto suona il nuovo singolo “Dall’inferno”, estratto dall’album Solo 2.0

Esce il 24 aprile, in esclusiva su iTunes, “Dall’Inferno EP”, l’EP digitale di Marco Mengoni contenente la title track, il videoclip e il backstage inedito di “Dall’inferno” e il video live di “Come ti senti”, girato durante lo showcase di presentazione dell’album “Solo 2.0”.

Marco è ospite dell’evento "Premio Leggio d'Oro", dove gli viene consegnato il Premio Speciale Voce Rivelazione Cartoon per il doppiaggio del personaggio Onceler nel cartone animato "Lorax il guardiano della foresta".

Marco prende parte al progetto "...Io Ci Sono", l'album tributo a Giorgio Gaber che celebra il grande artista a dieci anni dalla sua scomparsa, interpretando il brano "Destra-Sinistra".

Il 2013 si apre con la partecipazione di Marco alla 63^ Edizione del Festival di Sanremo con i brani “Bellissimo” e “L’Essenziale”, ed è proprio con quest’ultimo che Marco si classifica primo vincendo il Festival.

Entrambi i brani sono contenuti nel nuovo album di inediti (Sony Music) uscito il 19 marzo 2013:#PRONTOACORRERE ha superato di gran lunga il traguardo del disco di platino e "L’Essenziale" è addirittura multiplatino.

Marco ha rappresentato l’Italia all’Eurovision Song Contest a Malmö (Svezia) nel mese di maggio, dove ha ottenuto il settimo posto con "L’Essenziale".

L’8 maggio è partito "l’Essenziale Anteprima Tour" dal Teatro degli Arcimboldi di Milano: un’anteprima di 10 date, ideata per i più importanti teatri italiani che hanno registrato il sold out non appena aperte la prevendite.

Il 4 luglio è partito invece da Trento "L’Essenziale Tour", con un clamoroso successo di richieste, che continua ad imporre l’apertura di nuove date.

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Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)

Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

aeiou - the cultural information system of the bm: bwk

14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria

www.aeiou.at

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)

Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)

Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

aeiou - the cultural information system of the bm: bwk

14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria

www.aeiou.at

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

Grade I listed historic building.

"Bishop's Manor (official residence of the Bishop of Southwell) and remains of Bishop's Palace. Bishop's Palace probably built for Archbishop Alexander Neville and Archbishop Arundel between c1379 and 1396. Rebuilt and extended for Archbishop John Kemp, 1426-36, and extended for Archbishop Rotherham c1490. Occupied 1647 by the Scots Commissioners and largely demolished. House built in former Great Hall, late C18. Former State Chamber restored for suffragan Bishop Edward Trollope, 1881. Bishop's Manor, incorporating the C18 house and the west range of the former Palace, by W.D Caröe, 1905, in a vernacular revival style." - info from Historic England.

"Southwell Minster (/ˈsʌðəl, ˈsaʊθwɛl/) is a minster and cathedral, in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated six miles from Newark-on-Trent and thirteen miles from Mansfield. It is the seat of the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.

In 1884 Southwell Minster became a cathedral proper for Nottinghamshire and a part of Derbyshire including the city of Derby:126–127. The diocese was divided in 1927 and the Diocese of Derby was formed. The diocese's centenary was commemorated by a royal visit to distribute Maundy money. George Ridding, the first Bishop of Southwell, designed and paid for the grant of Arms now used as the diocesan coat of arms.

The nave, transepts, central tower and two western towers of the Norman church which replaced the Saxon minster remain as an outstanding achievement of severe Romanesque design. With the exception of fragments mentioned above, they are the oldest part of the existing church.

The Nave is of seven bays, plus a separated western bay. The columns of the arcade are short and circular, with small scalloped capitals. The triforium has a single large arch in each bay. The clerestory has small round-headed windows. The external window openings are circular. There is a tunnel-vaulted passage between the inside and outside window openings of the clerestory. The nave aisles are vaulted, the main roof of the nave is a trussed rafter roof, with tie-beams between each bay – a late C19 replacement.

By contrast with the nave arcade, the arches of the crossing are tall, rising to nearly the full height of the nave walls. The capitals of the east crossing piers depict scenes from the life of Jesus. Two stages of the inside of the central tower can be seen at the crossing, with cable and wave decoration on the lower order and zigzag on the upper. The transepts have three stories with semi-circular arches, like the nave, but without aisles.

The western facade has pyramidal spires on its towers – a unique feature today, though common in the C12. The existing spires date only from 1880, but they replace those destroyed by fire in 1711, which are documented in old illustrations. The large west window dates from the C15. The central tower's two ornamental stages place it high among England's surviving Norman towers. The lower order has intersecting arches, the upper order plain arches. The north porch has a tunnel vault, and is decorated with intersecting arches.

The choir is Early English in style, and was completed in 1241. It has transepts, thus separating the choir into a western and eastern arm. The choir is of two stories, with no gallery or triforium. The lower storey has clustered columns with multiform pointed arches, the upper storey has twin lancet arches in each bay. The rib vault of the choir springs from clustered shafts which rest on corbels. The vault has ridge ribs. The square east end of the choir has two stories each of four lancet windows.

Southwell (/ˈsaʊθwɛl, ˈsʌðəl/) is a town in Nottinghamshire, England, the site of Southwell Minster, the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. A population of under 7,000 rose to 7,297 at the 2011 Census. The origin of the name is unclear. It lies on the River Greet, about 14 miles (22 km) north-east of Nottingham. Other historic buildings include prebendal houses in Church Street and Westgate and the Methodist church, which has a right of way beneath it, so that the upper floor seats more than the lower. The workhouse (1824) was a prototype for many others. Owned by the National Trust, it shows its appearance in the 19th century. Behind the Minster is a partly ruined palace, once a residence of the Archbishop of York. It includes the recently restored State Chamber, Cardinal Wolsey's former dining room, and gardens among the ruins." - info from Wikipedia.

Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.

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Marco Mengoni , vincitore incontrastato della terza edizione di 'X Factor'. Presenza scenica da professionista consumato, lunatico, "permaloso quasi antipatico", ha conquistato la stima del pubblico (non è mai finito in ballottaggio per l'eliminazione) grazie a interpretazioni di grande spessore.

Il 4 dicembre 2009 esce “DOVE SI VOLA”, il suo primo Ep, che in poche settimane scala le classifiche di vendita con oltre 70 mila copie.

“Dove si vola”, brano che da il titolo all’Ep, è difficile da interpretare per un uomo, sia per la tonalità molto alta che per l’articolazione della melodia sull’armonia. La forza vocale di Marco regala al pezzo una magia unica che, durante le esibizioni fa letteralmente volare il pubblico, pubblico che l’ha votato e proclamato, quasi fin da subito, il vero talento della terza edizione di X Factor. All’interno dell’EP un altro brano inedito, “Lontanissimo da te”, firmato Massimo e Piero Calabrese e cinque tra le più emozionanti cover cantate da Marco durante il programma.

Marco nasce a Ronciglione (VT) il 25 dicembre 1988 (Capricorno), proprio nel giorno di Natale. Fin da bambino ama tutti i generi musicali: “Alla tenera 'altezza' di 70 cm. comincio ad ascoltare di tutto, dal pop all’r&b, soul, rock ed inizio ad approfondire la mia cultura musicale: scopro il karaoke e comincio a cantare di nascosto, per timidezza. Poi una volta i miei per caso mi ascoltano e si convincono di mandarmi ad una scuola di canto. Da quel momento capisco che la musica non è poi così semplice come pensavo: c'era da imparare molto…. tecniche di respirazione, maschera facciale, scale, vocalizzi di qualsiasi genere, per affinare la voce”.

Marco inizia a cantare all’età di 14 anni. Mentre studia all'Istituto per il Design, segue anche una scuola di canto dove impara le prime tecniche per la gestione e l'utilizzo dei propri mezzi vocali. Visto il talento di Marco, l’insegnante di canto lo inserisce in un piccolo quintetto vocale con cui si esibisce in serate di piazza e per le festività, facendo cover.

Dopo 2 anni ha inizio il suo percorso solista con un gruppo di musicisti con il quale suona nei club un po’ del suo repertorio originale e un po’ di cover, continuando quindi la sua gavetta. Iniziano tre anni di duro lavoro e provinaggio, per affinare lo stile e la personalità, ed anche per questo, Marco, figlio unico, lascia la famiglia per trasferirsi a Roma. Contemporaneamente si iscrive all’Università nella Facoltà di Lingue, e fa esperienza come fonico e programmatore, prendendo familiarità con gli studi di registrazione.

Il suo genere preferito resta il Brit Pop e la sua massima, e amatissima, influenza musicale sono i Beatles: tra le sue canzoni preferite dei Fab 4 ci sono 'Michelle' e 'The Fool on te hill'. Anche se il brano che gli ha cambiato la vita è 'La luce dell’est' di Lucio Battisti.

Vincendo X Factor Marco partecipa di diritto alla Sessantesima Edizione del Festival di Sanremo, nella categoria 'Artisti', interpretando “Credimi ancora”, brano che fa parte dell’EP “Re Matto” uscito il 19 febbraio 2010 su etichetta Rca/Sony Music.

Il 2010 è un anno davvero unico per quest’artista giovane ma pieno di talento. Mentre la sua paginaFacebook continua a crescere (superando ad oggi i 300 mila iscritti), Il 3 e 4 maggio parte dall’Alcatraz di Milano Il “Re Matto Tour, un viaggio nella “Mattità”, un’avventura vertiginosa nella mente colorata e multiforme di MARCO MENGONI. Lo spettacolo nasce da un’ idea di Marco, Luca Tommassini e Stella Fabiani. La regia è affidata a LUCA TOMMASSINI, la direzione artistica è di PIERO CALABRESE, la produzione è di F&P Group e dei “CANTIERI MUSICALI” che da sempre lavorano con MENGONI. Nel team creativo di Marco e del “RE MATTO TOUR” sono state coinvolte figure importanti a livello mondiale come lo stilista Neil Barrett, che finora ha solo disegnato abiti per artisti come Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt e Johnny Depp, e lo scultore Davide Orlandi Dormino, creatore di “Opera Scacchi”, la scultura che invade il palco. “IL RE MATTO TOUR” è ideato, sviluppato e strutturato all’insegna della totale libertà, della poesia, della sregolatezza e dell’improvvisazione rendendo ogni concerto un vero evento, con ospiti a sorpresa cheMARCO scopre insieme al pubblico…una sfida che solo un Re Matto poteva accettare.

Intanto l’8 maggio Marco partecipa ai Trl Awards e vince nella categoria “Man of the Year”.

Il “Re Matto tour” è un’esperienza straordinaria per Marco, che vive e si ciba dell’entusiasmo del pubblico. È un tour trionfale che colleziona un sold out dopo l’altro.

Il 2 giugno viene premiato ai Wind Music Awards e si aggiudica il doppio disco di platino per il suo primo Ep “Dove si vola”, che raccoglie l’omonima canzone e alcune delle cover cantate durante il programma di X Factor, e l’album “Re Matto”, superando le 160 mila copie vendute.

Il "Re Matto" del pop italiano non si fa mancare proprio nulla. Supera gli altri colleghi in gara agli Ema 2010 nella categoria dedicata agli artisti italiani: Malika Ayane, dARi, Sonohra e Nina Zilli.

Questo è un riconoscimento fondamentale per Marco Mengoni, artista italiano rivelazione del 2010, che ad MTV si è già aggiudicato il premio come "Man Of The Year" ai TRL Awards 2010 ed è arrivato secondo in una gara all'ultima edizione del Coca Cola Live @ MTV: The Summer Song. Grazie alla vittoria come Best Italian Act, Marco è entrato in nomination per il "Best European Act" in concorrenza con gli altri vincitori dei regional act. Marco partecipa inoltre all'ottava edizione di "O'Scia'", insieme ad altre star del pop italiano ed internazionale, organizzata da Claudio Baglioni a Lampedusa in cui si intende sensibilizzare fan, politici e cittadini sul problema della immigrazione clandestina.

Il 19 ottobre esce su etichetta Rca/Sony Music il Cd+Dvd “Re Matto live”. L’album debutta al 1° posto della classifica dei dischi più venduti (Gfk/Fimi) e al 1° posto della classifica di iTunes.

A novembre Marco Mengoni, dopo aver trionfato nella categoria Best Italian Act, si aggiudica anche il prestigioso titolo di Best European Act: un premio importante per lui e per l'Italia, considerando che in 17 edizioni nessun italiano era mai riuscito a raggiungere tale riconoscimento.

Il 2 settembre 2011 arriva in radio il singolo “Solo” che, anticipando l’uscita del nuovo disco, schizza alprimo posto della classica di iTunes. Il 27 settembre esce “Solo 2.0”, un vero e proprio concept album, che oltre alle tracce del disco e a un contenuto virtuale speciale (Il Comic 2.0), contamina anche la prima parte del Tour.

Dopo un’anteprima trionfante del “Solo Tour” con due date evento al Forum di Assago e al Palalottomatica di Roma, Marco Mengoni decide di cambiare veste allo spettacolo e di svelare al pubblico un’altra porzione d’anima, il suo lato più intimista, quasi introspettivo, non tralasciando mai la sua voglia di stupire e di emozionare. È un TOUR TEATRALE che fa della suggestione visiva e sonora il suo punto di forza.

Uno spettacolo in cui musica, movimento scenico, luci e scenografie compenetrano tra loro, per toccare ancor più da vicino l’anima di chi ascolta. L’essenza intimista dello spettacolo è rappresentata soprattutto dal suono. Una chiave di lettura inedita, con cui verranno reinterpretati molti tra i brani più noti del repertorio di Marco, insieme ad alcune cover, mai eseguite prima.

Il tour teatrale, ideato da Elisa, Marco Mengoni e Andrea Rigonat, parte dall’Arcimboldi di Milano il 19 aprile, passando dal Filarmonico di Verona, il Politeama di Palermo, il Gran Teatro di Roma e molti dei teatri più importanti d’Italia.

In radio intanto suona il nuovo singolo “Dall’inferno”, estratto dall’album Solo 2.0

Esce il 24 aprile, in esclusiva su iTunes, “Dall’Inferno EP”, l’EP digitale di Marco Mengoni contenente la title track, il videoclip e il backstage inedito di “Dall’inferno” e il video live di “Come ti senti”, girato durante lo showcase di presentazione dell’album “Solo 2.0”.

Marco è ospite dell’evento "Premio Leggio d'Oro", dove gli viene consegnato il Premio Speciale Voce Rivelazione Cartoon per il doppiaggio del personaggio Onceler nel cartone animato "Lorax il guardiano della foresta".

Marco prende parte al progetto "...Io Ci Sono", l'album tributo a Giorgio Gaber che celebra il grande artista a dieci anni dalla sua scomparsa, interpretando il brano "Destra-Sinistra".

Il 2013 si apre con la partecipazione di Marco alla 63^ Edizione del Festival di Sanremo con i brani “Bellissimo” e “L’Essenziale”, ed è proprio con quest’ultimo che Marco si classifica primo vincendo il Festival.

Entrambi i brani sono contenuti nel nuovo album di inediti (Sony Music) uscito il 19 marzo 2013:#PRONTOACORRERE ha superato di gran lunga il traguardo del disco di platino e "L’Essenziale" è addirittura multiplatino.

Marco ha rappresentato l’Italia all’Eurovision Song Contest a Malmö (Svezia) nel mese di maggio, dove ha ottenuto il settimo posto con "L’Essenziale".

L’8 maggio è partito "l’Essenziale Anteprima Tour" dal Teatro degli Arcimboldi di Milano: un’anteprima di 10 date, ideata per i più importanti teatri italiani che hanno registrato il sold out non appena aperte la prevendite.

Il 4 luglio è partito invece da Trento "L’Essenziale Tour", con un clamoroso successo di richieste, che continua ad imporre l’apertura di nuove date.

Marco Mengoni

Teatro Arcimboldi - Milano

26 Settembre 2013

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Marco Mengoni , vincitore incontrastato della terza edizione di 'X Factor'. Presenza scenica da professionista consumato, lunatico, "permaloso quasi antipatico", ha conquistato la stima del pubblico (non è mai finito in ballottaggio per l'eliminazione) grazie a interpretazioni di grande spessore.

Il 4 dicembre 2009 esce “DOVE SI VOLA”, il suo primo Ep, che in poche settimane scala le classifiche di vendita con oltre 70 mila copie.

“Dove si vola”, brano che da il titolo all’Ep, è difficile da interpretare per un uomo, sia per la tonalità molto alta che per l’articolazione della melodia sull’armonia. La forza vocale di Marco regala al pezzo una magia unica che, durante le esibizioni fa letteralmente volare il pubblico, pubblico che l’ha votato e proclamato, quasi fin da subito, il vero talento della terza edizione di X Factor. All’interno dell’EP un altro brano inedito, “Lontanissimo da te”, firmato Massimo e Piero Calabrese e cinque tra le più emozionanti cover cantate da Marco durante il programma.

Marco nasce a Ronciglione (VT) il 25 dicembre 1988 (Capricorno), proprio nel giorno di Natale. Fin da bambino ama tutti i generi musicali: “Alla tenera 'altezza' di 70 cm. comincio ad ascoltare di tutto, dal pop all’r&b, soul, rock ed inizio ad approfondire la mia cultura musicale: scopro il karaoke e comincio a cantare di nascosto, per timidezza. Poi una volta i miei per caso mi ascoltano e si convincono di mandarmi ad una scuola di canto. Da quel momento capisco che la musica non è poi così semplice come pensavo: c'era da imparare molto…. tecniche di respirazione, maschera facciale, scale, vocalizzi di qualsiasi genere, per affinare la voce”.

Marco inizia a cantare all’età di 14 anni. Mentre studia all'Istituto per il Design, segue anche una scuola di canto dove impara le prime tecniche per la gestione e l'utilizzo dei propri mezzi vocali. Visto il talento di Marco, l’insegnante di canto lo inserisce in un piccolo quintetto vocale con cui si esibisce in serate di piazza e per le festività, facendo cover.

Dopo 2 anni ha inizio il suo percorso solista con un gruppo di musicisti con il quale suona nei club un po’ del suo repertorio originale e un po’ di cover, continuando quindi la sua gavetta. Iniziano tre anni di duro lavoro e provinaggio, per affinare lo stile e la personalità, ed anche per questo, Marco, figlio unico, lascia la famiglia per trasferirsi a Roma. Contemporaneamente si iscrive all’Università nella Facoltà di Lingue, e fa esperienza come fonico e programmatore, prendendo familiarità con gli studi di registrazione.

Il suo genere preferito resta il Brit Pop e la sua massima, e amatissima, influenza musicale sono i Beatles: tra le sue canzoni preferite dei Fab 4 ci sono 'Michelle' e 'The Fool on te hill'. Anche se il brano che gli ha cambiato la vita è 'La luce dell’est' di Lucio Battisti.

Vincendo X Factor Marco partecipa di diritto alla Sessantesima Edizione del Festival di Sanremo, nella categoria 'Artisti', interpretando “Credimi ancora”, brano che fa parte dell’EP “Re Matto” uscito il 19 febbraio 2010 su etichetta Rca/Sony Music.

Il 2010 è un anno davvero unico per quest’artista giovane ma pieno di talento. Mentre la sua paginaFacebook continua a crescere (superando ad oggi i 300 mila iscritti), Il 3 e 4 maggio parte dall’Alcatraz di Milano Il “Re Matto Tour, un viaggio nella “Mattità”, un’avventura vertiginosa nella mente colorata e multiforme di MARCO MENGONI. Lo spettacolo nasce da un’ idea di Marco, Luca Tommassini e Stella Fabiani. La regia è affidata a LUCA TOMMASSINI, la direzione artistica è di PIERO CALABRESE, la produzione è di F&P Group e dei “CANTIERI MUSICALI” che da sempre lavorano con MENGONI. Nel team creativo di Marco e del “RE MATTO TOUR” sono state coinvolte figure importanti a livello mondiale come lo stilista Neil Barrett, che finora ha solo disegnato abiti per artisti come Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt e Johnny Depp, e lo scultore Davide Orlandi Dormino, creatore di “Opera Scacchi”, la scultura che invade il palco. “IL RE MATTO TOUR” è ideato, sviluppato e strutturato all’insegna della totale libertà, della poesia, della sregolatezza e dell’improvvisazione rendendo ogni concerto un vero evento, con ospiti a sorpresa cheMARCO scopre insieme al pubblico…una sfida che solo un Re Matto poteva accettare.

Intanto l’8 maggio Marco partecipa ai Trl Awards e vince nella categoria “Man of the Year”.

Il “Re Matto tour” è un’esperienza straordinaria per Marco, che vive e si ciba dell’entusiasmo del pubblico. È un tour trionfale che colleziona un sold out dopo l’altro.

Il 2 giugno viene premiato ai Wind Music Awards e si aggiudica il doppio disco di platino per il suo primo Ep “Dove si vola”, che raccoglie l’omonima canzone e alcune delle cover cantate durante il programma di X Factor, e l’album “Re Matto”, superando le 160 mila copie vendute.

Il "Re Matto" del pop italiano non si fa mancare proprio nulla. Supera gli altri colleghi in gara agli Ema 2010 nella categoria dedicata agli artisti italiani: Malika Ayane, dARi, Sonohra e Nina Zilli.

Questo è un riconoscimento fondamentale per Marco Mengoni, artista italiano rivelazione del 2010, che ad MTV si è già aggiudicato il premio come "Man Of The Year" ai TRL Awards 2010 ed è arrivato secondo in una gara all'ultima edizione del Coca Cola Live @ MTV: The Summer Song. Grazie alla vittoria come Best Italian Act, Marco è entrato in nomination per il "Best European Act" in concorrenza con gli altri vincitori dei regional act. Marco partecipa inoltre all'ottava edizione di "O'Scia'", insieme ad altre star del pop italiano ed internazionale, organizzata da Claudio Baglioni a Lampedusa in cui si intende sensibilizzare fan, politici e cittadini sul problema della immigrazione clandestina.

Il 19 ottobre esce su etichetta Rca/Sony Music il Cd+Dvd “Re Matto live”. L’album debutta al 1° posto della classifica dei dischi più venduti (Gfk/Fimi) e al 1° posto della classifica di iTunes.

A novembre Marco Mengoni, dopo aver trionfato nella categoria Best Italian Act, si aggiudica anche il prestigioso titolo di Best European Act: un premio importante per lui e per l'Italia, considerando che in 17 edizioni nessun italiano era mai riuscito a raggiungere tale riconoscimento.

Il 2 settembre 2011 arriva in radio il singolo “Solo” che, anticipando l’uscita del nuovo disco, schizza alprimo posto della classica di iTunes. Il 27 settembre esce “Solo 2.0”, un vero e proprio concept album, che oltre alle tracce del disco e a un contenuto virtuale speciale (Il Comic 2.0), contamina anche la prima parte del Tour.

Dopo un’anteprima trionfante del “Solo Tour” con due date evento al Forum di Assago e al Palalottomatica di Roma, Marco Mengoni decide di cambiare veste allo spettacolo e di svelare al pubblico un’altra porzione d’anima, il suo lato più intimista, quasi introspettivo, non tralasciando mai la sua voglia di stupire e di emozionare. È un TOUR TEATRALE che fa della suggestione visiva e sonora il suo punto di forza.

Uno spettacolo in cui musica, movimento scenico, luci e scenografie compenetrano tra loro, per toccare ancor più da vicino l’anima di chi ascolta. L’essenza intimista dello spettacolo è rappresentata soprattutto dal suono. Una chiave di lettura inedita, con cui verranno reinterpretati molti tra i brani più noti del repertorio di Marco, insieme ad alcune cover, mai eseguite prima.

Il tour teatrale, ideato da Elisa, Marco Mengoni e Andrea Rigonat, parte dall’Arcimboldi di Milano il 19 aprile, passando dal Filarmonico di Verona, il Politeama di Palermo, il Gran Teatro di Roma e molti dei teatri più importanti d’Italia.

In radio intanto suona il nuovo singolo “Dall’inferno”, estratto dall’album Solo 2.0

Esce il 24 aprile, in esclusiva su iTunes, “Dall’Inferno EP”, l’EP digitale di Marco Mengoni contenente la title track, il videoclip e il backstage inedito di “Dall’inferno” e il video live di “Come ti senti”, girato durante lo showcase di presentazione dell’album “Solo 2.0”.

Marco è ospite dell’evento "Premio Leggio d'Oro", dove gli viene consegnato il Premio Speciale Voce Rivelazione Cartoon per il doppiaggio del personaggio Onceler nel cartone animato "Lorax il guardiano della foresta".

Marco prende parte al progetto "...Io Ci Sono", l'album tributo a Giorgio Gaber che celebra il grande artista a dieci anni dalla sua scomparsa, interpretando il brano "Destra-Sinistra".

Il 2013 si apre con la partecipazione di Marco alla 63^ Edizione del Festival di Sanremo con i brani “Bellissimo” e “L’Essenziale”, ed è proprio con quest’ultimo che Marco si classifica primo vincendo il Festival.

Entrambi i brani sono contenuti nel nuovo album di inediti (Sony Music) uscito il 19 marzo 2013:#PRONTOACORRERE ha superato di gran lunga il traguardo del disco di platino e "L’Essenziale" è addirittura multiplatino.

Marco ha rappresentato l’Italia all’Eurovision Song Contest a Malmö (Svezia) nel mese di maggio, dove ha ottenuto il settimo posto con "L’Essenziale".

L’8 maggio è partito "l’Essenziale Anteprima Tour" dal Teatro degli Arcimboldi di Milano: un’anteprima di 10 date, ideata per i più importanti teatri italiani che hanno registrato il sold out non appena aperte la prevendite.

Il 4 luglio è partito invece da Trento "L’Essenziale Tour", con un clamoroso successo di richieste, che continua ad imporre l’apertura di nuove date.

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Il 24 ottobre al Teatro Sociale di Como, Mika rivisiterà il suo repertorio di successi e proporrà nuove canzoni in chiave sinfonica con l’orchestra “Affinis Consort”, diretta da Simon Leclerc, creata appositamente per l’occasione da 81 professionisti internazionali: 65 strumentisti e 16 coristi.

Lo spettacolo nasce dal desiderio di Mika di replicare in Italia l’incredibile esperienza dei tre concerti sinfonici tenutisi a Montréal lo scorso febbraio, in cui ha confermato la sua versatilità e la qualità del suo repertorio pop, anche in chiave classica.

Il concerto arriva dopo i grandi successi estivi al Fabrique di Milano, al Teatro Antico di Taormina e all’Arena della Regina di Cattolica e le prossime tre date nei palasport di Milano (27 settembre), Roma (29 settembre) e Firenze (30 settembre). Le prevendite per la serata speciale partiranno da giovedì 1 ottobre.

Simon Leclerc è un affermato compositore di colonne sonore per la Paramount e direttore d’orchestra canadese a cui Mika ha affidato l’arrangiamento in chiave classica del suo repertorio. Dopo i concerti di Montreal, Mika ha entusiasticamente dichiarato: “Provenendo io stesso da una formazione professionale classica, per me è straordinario sentire le mie canzoni nelle veste classica che Simon ha dato loro, perché nella mia mente, le ho sempre immaginate così!”

Dal piccolo ensemble alla grande orchestra sinfonica. Dalle fondamenta classiche alle contaminazioni contemporanee e pop.

Affinis Consort racchiude nel suo dna la multiformità del suo essere.

L'unione di mondi, il Canada e l'Italia. Il superamento dei confini geografici e culturali. Il connubio e la condivisione delle esperienze che ogni singolo musicista porta sul palco, elevando le affinità.

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Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

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Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

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Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

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Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

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Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

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Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

Le Tour de France sur le front de 14-18

hommage aux glorieux anciens qui roulaient plus souvent sur des chemins de boue que sur des routes asphaltées.

En 2014, la Grande Boucle rend hommage au centenaire de la Première Guerre mondiale. L'étape du 10 juillet Arras-Reims comprend 90 km dans l'Aisne, dont le Chemin des Dames.

Coucy-le-Château, Anizy, Brancourt-en-Laonnois et Pinon, le peloton entrera sur le fameux Chemin des Dames.

À Pinon Le Tour fera son entrée dans une côte. dans la rue du 52e-RI .

Reims_Un parfum de Paris-Roubaix.

C’est dans la ville des rois de France qu’est jugée l’arrivée de la 6e étape, partie d’Arras pour 194kilomètres. Du Nord-Pas-de-Calais à la Champagne-Ardennes,

il n’y a que du plat et le sprint paraît inévitable.

D’ailleurs, les trois derniers vainqueurs à Reims s’appellent Alessandro Petacchi (2010), Robbie McEwen (2002) et Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (1991) : trois fusées.

Tout le monde sur le pont à Reims pour le Tour de France ...

Le Tour de France est une manifestation qui demande l’implication de tous les services de la Ville

La pose de barrières reste la mission la plus prenante pour les agents municipaux.

le Tour de France est une très grosse « machine » qui demande une logistique considérable.

Si la société ASO (Amaury sport organisation) a ses propres équipes qui suivent tout le parcours pendant les 22 jours de la compétition,

les villes étapes doivent elles aussi accompagner le mouvement.

la ligne d’arrivée.

Dans la zone d’arrivée, sous la houlette du directeur de site, des barrières hautes sont posées autour de la "zone technique",

d’où émettent les camions radio et les télévisions. Doublet travaille depuis un an à la conception de barrières "repousse public" dotées d’arches,

qui empêcheront toute main de percuter malencontreusement un coureur. Suite à la chute de Laurent Jalabert à Armentières d’ailleurs,

les barrières ne laissent plus dépasser aucun panneau publicitaire. La réclame est directement intégrée à la clôture.

La caravane publicitaire

La caravane publicitaire, créée en 1930, s’est développée considérablement au fil des années, pour accueillir plus de 180 véhicules en 2012.

Le défilé d’ouverture, festif et créatif, a su conquérir les marques et le public, jusqu’à devenir une composante essentielle au spectacle du Tour

LCL, qui sera toujours parrain du maillot jaune du leader du classement général du Tour de France, comme c'est le cas depuis 1987.

La caravane publicitaire du Tour Alsace part une heure avant les coureurs. Elle est composée d'une quinzaine de véhicules publicitaires

et suit le parcours officiel du Tour. Elle distribue une multitude de goodies aux spectateurs au bord des routes.

47 % des spectateurs viennent en priorité pour la caravane

Le succès de la formule, avec un défilé de véhicules originaux qui « font de la réclame », en distribuant des cadeaux, est immédiat.

Les premiers annonceurs, comme la Vache qui rit, y gagnent la sympathie du public, qui se prête volontiers au jeu. Quatre-vingts ans plus tard,

la caravane publicitaire est devenue une composante à part entière du spectacle du Tour. Indissociable de la course qu’elle précède, la procession multiforme et multicolore

offre une animation de plus de 45 minutes. Jeunes et moins jeunes commentent sur le bord des routes la taille et l’inventivité des chars ; on s’y presse pour demander des cadeaux…

Au total, une étude réalisée auprès du public du Tour révèle que 47 % des spectateurs sont venus en priorité pour voir la caravane publicitaire.

lancer de saucissons Cochonou à la foule en délire.

Cochonou, la marque de saucissons distribuera bien sûr encore bobs et saucissons au bord de la route depuis ses fameuses 2CV, mais sera également présent sur internet,

avec son blog Cochonou et Vous tenu depuis quelques années par Thibault (qui avait repris le flambeau d'Adeline).

Le garage virtuel CochonouOriginalité cette année, la possibilité de créer sa propre 2CV dans le garage virtuel Cochonou et peut-être même la gagner et la tester pour

la première fois sur la célèbre Avenue des Champs-Elysées lors de l'arrivée de la dernière étape du Tour à Paris !

Le jeu-concours est ouvert jusqu'au 31 juillet mais le grand gagnant de la 2CV sera désigné le 15 juillet prochain sachant que par la suite on peut gagner l'un des autres

lots du jeu (2CV Cochonou miniatures, bobs, porte-clés et sacs cabas).

Vittel, l'eau officiel du Tour de France innove cette année en permettant à d'ordinaires spectateurs du Tour d'en devenir acteur !

ŠKODA qui reste parrain du maillot blanc de meilleur jeune et qui est toujours à la recherche des meilleures animations pour vous permettre, vous en tant que fan du Tour,

de remporter des prix avec le ŠKODA Fan Tour.

Il y a quelques mois, &ScaronKODA a d'ailleurs prolongé son contrat de partenariat avec A.S.O. et donc entre autres avec le Tour de France, jusqu'en 2018.

Banette a reconduit son partenariat pour 4 ans, jusqu'en 2017, et distribuera toujours des milliers de tartines préparées par les artisans boulangers Banette de la région alors

que la caravane continue à distribuer différents goodies et des bons de réduction. Banette communiquera sur son Tour de France sur sa page Facebook.

McCain, le producteur de frites surgelées, a rejoint le Tour en tant que fournisseur officiel pendant 3 ans et sera présent dans la caravane publicitaire du Tour avec un char-tracteur et 3 véhicules légers.

Belin fournira toujours l'apéro, mais ne valorise pas vraiment son partenariat. La seule chose qu'on peut donc vous dire, c'est que "les super z'héros" rejoignent la caravane de Belin :

Du samedi 5 juillet au dimanche 27 juillet 2014, le 101e Tour de France comprendra 21 étapes pour une distance de 3 664 kilomètres.

Le Tour de France sur le front de 14-18

hommage aux glorieux anciens qui roulaient plus souvent sur des chemins de boue que sur des routes asphaltées.

En 2014, la Grande Boucle rend hommage au centenaire de la Première Guerre mondiale. L'étape du 10 juillet Arras-Reims comprend 90 km dans l'Aisne, dont le Chemin des Dames.

Coucy-le-Château, Anizy, Brancourt-en-Laonnois et Pinon, le peloton entrera sur le fameux Chemin des Dames.

À Pinon Le Tour fera son entrée dans une côte. dans la rue du 52e-RI .

Reims_Un parfum de Paris-Roubaix.

C’est dans la ville des rois de France qu’est jugée l’arrivée de la 6e étape, partie d’Arras pour 194kilomètres. Du Nord-Pas-de-Calais à la Champagne-Ardennes,

il n’y a que du plat et le sprint paraît inévitable.

D’ailleurs, les trois derniers vainqueurs à Reims s’appellent Alessandro Petacchi (2010), Robbie McEwen (2002) et Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (1991) : trois fusées.

Tout le monde sur le pont à Reims pour le Tour de France ...

Le Tour de France est une manifestation qui demande l’implication de tous les services de la Ville

La pose de barrières reste la mission la plus prenante pour les agents municipaux.

le Tour de France est une très grosse « machine » qui demande une logistique considérable.

Si la société ASO (Amaury sport organisation) a ses propres équipes qui suivent tout le parcours pendant les 22 jours de la compétition,

les villes étapes doivent elles aussi accompagner le mouvement.

la ligne d’arrivée.

Dans la zone d’arrivée, sous la houlette du directeur de site, des barrières hautes sont posées autour de la "zone technique",

d’où émettent les camions radio et les télévisions. Doublet travaille depuis un an à la conception de barrières "repousse public" dotées d’arches,

qui empêcheront toute main de percuter malencontreusement un coureur. Suite à la chute de Laurent Jalabert à Armentières d’ailleurs,

les barrières ne laissent plus dépasser aucun panneau publicitaire. La réclame est directement intégrée à la clôture.

La caravane publicitaire

La caravane publicitaire, créée en 1930, s’est développée considérablement au fil des années, pour accueillir plus de 180 véhicules en 2012.

Le défilé d’ouverture, festif et créatif, a su conquérir les marques et le public, jusqu’à devenir une composante essentielle au spectacle du Tour

LCL, qui sera toujours parrain du maillot jaune du leader du classement général du Tour de France, comme c'est le cas depuis 1987.

La caravane publicitaire du Tour Alsace part une heure avant les coureurs. Elle est composée d'une quinzaine de véhicules publicitaires

et suit le parcours officiel du Tour. Elle distribue une multitude de goodies aux spectateurs au bord des routes.

47 % des spectateurs viennent en priorité pour la caravane

Le succès de la formule, avec un défilé de véhicules originaux qui « font de la réclame », en distribuant des cadeaux, est immédiat.

Les premiers annonceurs, comme la Vache qui rit, y gagnent la sympathie du public, qui se prête volontiers au jeu. Quatre-vingts ans plus tard,

la caravane publicitaire est devenue une composante à part entière du spectacle du Tour. Indissociable de la course qu’elle précède, la procession multiforme et multicolore

offre une animation de plus de 45 minutes. Jeunes et moins jeunes commentent sur le bord des routes la taille et l’inventivité des chars ; on s’y presse pour demander des cadeaux…

Au total, une étude réalisée auprès du public du Tour révèle que 47 % des spectateurs sont venus en priorité pour voir la caravane publicitaire.

lancer de saucissons Cochonou à la foule en délire.

Cochonou, la marque de saucissons distribuera bien sûr encore bobs et saucissons au bord de la route depuis ses fameuses 2CV, mais sera également présent sur internet,

avec son blog Cochonou et Vous tenu depuis quelques années par Thibault (qui avait repris le flambeau d'Adeline).

Le garage virtuel CochonouOriginalité cette année, la possibilité de créer sa propre 2CV dans le garage virtuel Cochonou et peut-être même la gagner et la tester pour

la première fois sur la célèbre Avenue des Champs-Elysées lors de l'arrivée de la dernière étape du Tour à Paris !

Le jeu-concours est ouvert jusqu'au 31 juillet mais le grand gagnant de la 2CV sera désigné le 15 juillet prochain sachant que par la suite on peut gagner l'un des autres

lots du jeu (2CV Cochonou miniatures, bobs, porte-clés et sacs cabas).

Vittel, l'eau officiel du Tour de France innove cette année en permettant à d'ordinaires spectateurs du Tour d'en devenir acteur !

ŠKODA qui reste parrain du maillot blanc de meilleur jeune et qui est toujours à la recherche des meilleures animations pour vous permettre, vous en tant que fan du Tour,

de remporter des prix avec le ŠKODA Fan Tour.

Il y a quelques mois, &ScaronKODA a d'ailleurs prolongé son contrat de partenariat avec A.S.O. et donc entre autres avec le Tour de France, jusqu'en 2018.

Banette a reconduit son partenariat pour 4 ans, jusqu'en 2017, et distribuera toujours des milliers de tartines préparées par les artisans boulangers Banette de la région alors

que la caravane continue à distribuer différents goodies et des bons de réduction. Banette communiquera sur son Tour de France sur sa page Facebook.

McCain, le producteur de frites surgelées, a rejoint le Tour en tant que fournisseur officiel pendant 3 ans et sera présent dans la caravane publicitaire du Tour avec un char-tracteur et 3 véhicules légers.

Belin fournira toujours l'apéro, mais ne valorise pas vraiment son partenariat. La seule chose qu'on peut donc vous dire, c'est que "les super z'héros" rejoignent la caravane de Belin :

Du samedi 5 juillet au dimanche 27 juillet 2014, le 101e Tour de France comprendra 21 étapes pour une distance de 3 664 kilomètres.

la banderole accroché au balcon de l'hôtel de ville de REIMS la ville-arrivée du Tour de France 2014 .

Le Tour de France sur le front de 14-18

hommage aux glorieux anciens qui roulaient plus souvent sur des chemins de boue que sur des routes asphaltées.

En 2014, la Grande Boucle rend hommage au centenaire de la Première Guerre mondiale. L'étape du 10 juillet Arras-Reims comprend 90 km dans l'Aisne, dont le Chemin des Dames.

Coucy-le-Château, Anizy, Brancourt-en-Laonnois et Pinon, le peloton entrera sur le fameux Chemin des Dames.

À Pinon Le Tour fera son entrée dans une côte. dans la rue du 52e-RI .

Reims_Un parfum de Paris-Roubaix.

C’est dans la ville des rois de France qu’est jugée l’arrivée de la 6e étape, partie d’Arras pour 194kilomètres. Du Nord-Pas-de-Calais à la Champagne-Ardennes,

il n’y a que du plat et le sprint paraît inévitable.

D’ailleurs, les trois derniers vainqueurs à Reims s’appellent Alessandro Petacchi (2010), Robbie McEwen (2002) et Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (1991) : trois fusées.

Tout le monde sur le pont à Reims pour le Tour de France ...

Le Tour de France est une manifestation qui demande l’implication de tous les services de la Ville

La pose de barrières reste la mission la plus prenante pour les agents municipaux.

le Tour de France est une très grosse « machine » qui demande une logistique considérable.

Si la société ASO (Amaury sport organisation) a ses propres équipes qui suivent tout le parcours pendant les 22 jours de la compétition,

les villes étapes doivent elles aussi accompagner le mouvement.

la ligne d’arrivée.

Dans la zone d’arrivée, sous la houlette du directeur de site, des barrières hautes sont posées autour de la "zone technique",

d’où émettent les camions radio et les télévisions. Doublet travaille depuis un an à la conception de barrières "repousse public" dotées d’arches,

qui empêcheront toute main de percuter malencontreusement un coureur. Suite à la chute de Laurent Jalabert à Armentières d’ailleurs,

les barrières ne laissent plus dépasser aucun panneau publicitaire. La réclame est directement intégrée à la clôture.

La caravane publicitaire

La caravane publicitaire, créée en 1930, s’est développée considérablement au fil des années, pour accueillir plus de 180 véhicules en 2012.

Le défilé d’ouverture, festif et créatif, a su conquérir les marques et le public, jusqu’à devenir une composante essentielle au spectacle du Tour

LCL, qui sera toujours parrain du maillot jaune du leader du classement général du Tour de France, comme c'est le cas depuis 1987.

La caravane publicitaire du Tour Alsace part une heure avant les coureurs. Elle est composée d'une quinzaine de véhicules publicitaires

et suit le parcours officiel du Tour. Elle distribue une multitude de goodies aux spectateurs au bord des routes.

47 % des spectateurs viennent en priorité pour la caravane

Le succès de la formule, avec un défilé de véhicules originaux qui « font de la réclame », en distribuant des cadeaux, est immédiat.

Les premiers annonceurs, comme la Vache qui rit, y gagnent la sympathie du public, qui se prête volontiers au jeu. Quatre-vingts ans plus tard,

la caravane publicitaire est devenue une composante à part entière du spectacle du Tour. Indissociable de la course qu’elle précède, la procession multiforme et multicolore

offre une animation de plus de 45 minutes. Jeunes et moins jeunes commentent sur le bord des routes la taille et l’inventivité des chars ; on s’y presse pour demander des cadeaux…

Au total, une étude réalisée auprès du public du Tour révèle que 47 % des spectateurs sont venus en priorité pour voir la caravane publicitaire.

lancer de saucissons Cochonou à la foule en délire.

Cochonou, la marque de saucissons distribuera bien sûr encore bobs et saucissons au bord de la route depuis ses fameuses 2CV, mais sera également présent sur internet,

avec son blog Cochonou et Vous tenu depuis quelques années par Thibault (qui avait repris le flambeau d'Adeline).

Le garage virtuel CochonouOriginalité cette année, la possibilité de créer sa propre 2CV dans le garage virtuel Cochonou et peut-être même la gagner et la tester pour

la première fois sur la célèbre Avenue des Champs-Elysées lors de l'arrivée de la dernière étape du Tour à Paris !

Le jeu-concours est ouvert jusqu'au 31 juillet mais le grand gagnant de la 2CV sera désigné le 15 juillet prochain sachant que par la suite on peut gagner l'un des autres

lots du jeu (2CV Cochonou miniatures, bobs, porte-clés et sacs cabas).

Vittel, l'eau officiel du Tour de France innove cette année en permettant à d'ordinaires spectateurs du Tour d'en devenir acteur !

ŠKODA qui reste parrain du maillot blanc de meilleur jeune et qui est toujours à la recherche des meilleures animations pour vous permettre, vous en tant que fan du Tour,

de remporter des prix avec le ŠKODA Fan Tour.

Il y a quelques mois, &ScaronKODA a d'ailleurs prolongé son contrat de partenariat avec A.S.O. et donc entre autres avec le Tour de France, jusqu'en 2018.

Banette a reconduit son partenariat pour 4 ans, jusqu'en 2017, et distribuera toujours des milliers de tartines préparées par les artisans boulangers Banette de la région alors

que la caravane continue à distribuer différents goodies et des bons de réduction. Banette communiquera sur son Tour de France sur sa page Facebook.

McCain, le producteur de frites surgelées, a rejoint le Tour en tant que fournisseur officiel pendant 3 ans et sera présent dans la caravane publicitaire du Tour avec un char-tracteur et 3 véhicules légers.

Belin fournira toujours l'apéro, mais ne valorise pas vraiment son partenariat. La seule chose qu'on peut donc vous dire, c'est que "les super z'héros" rejoignent la caravane de Belin :

Du samedi 5 juillet au dimanche 27 juillet 2014, le 101e Tour de France comprendra 21 étapes pour une distance de 3 664 kilomètres.

(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)

Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

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Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

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Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

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Marco Mengoni , vincitore incontrastato della terza edizione di 'X Factor'. Presenza scenica da professionista consumato, lunatico, "permaloso quasi antipatico", ha conquistato la stima del pubblico (non è mai finito in ballottaggio per l'eliminazione) grazie a interpretazioni di grande spessore.

Il 4 dicembre 2009 esce “DOVE SI VOLA”, il suo primo Ep, che in poche settimane scala le classifiche di vendita con oltre 70 mila copie.

“Dove si vola”, brano che da il titolo all’Ep, è difficile da interpretare per un uomo, sia per la tonalità molto alta che per l’articolazione della melodia sull’armonia. La forza vocale di Marco regala al pezzo una magia unica che, durante le esibizioni fa letteralmente volare il pubblico, pubblico che l’ha votato e proclamato, quasi fin da subito, il vero talento della terza edizione di X Factor. All’interno dell’EP un altro brano inedito, “Lontanissimo da te”, firmato Massimo e Piero Calabrese e cinque tra le più emozionanti cover cantate da Marco durante il programma.

Marco nasce a Ronciglione (VT) il 25 dicembre 1988 (Capricorno), proprio nel giorno di Natale. Fin da bambino ama tutti i generi musicali: “Alla tenera 'altezza' di 70 cm. comincio ad ascoltare di tutto, dal pop all’r&b, soul, rock ed inizio ad approfondire la mia cultura musicale: scopro il karaoke e comincio a cantare di nascosto, per timidezza. Poi una volta i miei per caso mi ascoltano e si convincono di mandarmi ad una scuola di canto. Da quel momento capisco che la musica non è poi così semplice come pensavo: c'era da imparare molto…. tecniche di respirazione, maschera facciale, scale, vocalizzi di qualsiasi genere, per affinare la voce”.

Marco inizia a cantare all’età di 14 anni. Mentre studia all'Istituto per il Design, segue anche una scuola di canto dove impara le prime tecniche per la gestione e l'utilizzo dei propri mezzi vocali. Visto il talento di Marco, l’insegnante di canto lo inserisce in un piccolo quintetto vocale con cui si esibisce in serate di piazza e per le festività, facendo cover.

Dopo 2 anni ha inizio il suo percorso solista con un gruppo di musicisti con il quale suona nei club un po’ del suo repertorio originale e un po’ di cover, continuando quindi la sua gavetta. Iniziano tre anni di duro lavoro e provinaggio, per affinare lo stile e la personalità, ed anche per questo, Marco, figlio unico, lascia la famiglia per trasferirsi a Roma. Contemporaneamente si iscrive all’Università nella Facoltà di Lingue, e fa esperienza come fonico e programmatore, prendendo familiarità con gli studi di registrazione.

Il suo genere preferito resta il Brit Pop e la sua massima, e amatissima, influenza musicale sono i Beatles: tra le sue canzoni preferite dei Fab 4 ci sono 'Michelle' e 'The Fool on te hill'. Anche se il brano che gli ha cambiato la vita è 'La luce dell’est' di Lucio Battisti.

Vincendo X Factor Marco partecipa di diritto alla Sessantesima Edizione del Festival di Sanremo, nella categoria 'Artisti', interpretando “Credimi ancora”, brano che fa parte dell’EP “Re Matto” uscito il 19 febbraio 2010 su etichetta Rca/Sony Music.

Il 2010 è un anno davvero unico per quest’artista giovane ma pieno di talento. Mentre la sua paginaFacebook continua a crescere (superando ad oggi i 300 mila iscritti), Il 3 e 4 maggio parte dall’Alcatraz di Milano Il “Re Matto Tour, un viaggio nella “Mattità”, un’avventura vertiginosa nella mente colorata e multiforme di MARCO MENGONI. Lo spettacolo nasce da un’ idea di Marco, Luca Tommassini e Stella Fabiani. La regia è affidata a LUCA TOMMASSINI, la direzione artistica è di PIERO CALABRESE, la produzione è di F&P Group e dei “CANTIERI MUSICALI” che da sempre lavorano con MENGONI. Nel team creativo di Marco e del “RE MATTO TOUR” sono state coinvolte figure importanti a livello mondiale come lo stilista Neil Barrett, che finora ha solo disegnato abiti per artisti come Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt e Johnny Depp, e lo scultore Davide Orlandi Dormino, creatore di “Opera Scacchi”, la scultura che invade il palco. “IL RE MATTO TOUR” è ideato, sviluppato e strutturato all’insegna della totale libertà, della poesia, della sregolatezza e dell’improvvisazione rendendo ogni concerto un vero evento, con ospiti a sorpresa cheMARCO scopre insieme al pubblico…una sfida che solo un Re Matto poteva accettare.

Intanto l’8 maggio Marco partecipa ai Trl Awards e vince nella categoria “Man of the Year”.

Il “Re Matto tour” è un’esperienza straordinaria per Marco, che vive e si ciba dell’entusiasmo del pubblico. È un tour trionfale che colleziona un sold out dopo l’altro.

Il 2 giugno viene premiato ai Wind Music Awards e si aggiudica il doppio disco di platino per il suo primo Ep “Dove si vola”, che raccoglie l’omonima canzone e alcune delle cover cantate durante il programma di X Factor, e l’album “Re Matto”, superando le 160 mila copie vendute.

Il "Re Matto" del pop italiano non si fa mancare proprio nulla. Supera gli altri colleghi in gara agli Ema 2010 nella categoria dedicata agli artisti italiani: Malika Ayane, dARi, Sonohra e Nina Zilli.

Questo è un riconoscimento fondamentale per Marco Mengoni, artista italiano rivelazione del 2010, che ad MTV si è già aggiudicato il premio come "Man Of The Year" ai TRL Awards 2010 ed è arrivato secondo in una gara all'ultima edizione del Coca Cola Live @ MTV: The Summer Song. Grazie alla vittoria come Best Italian Act, Marco è entrato in nomination per il "Best European Act" in concorrenza con gli altri vincitori dei regional act. Marco partecipa inoltre all'ottava edizione di "O'Scia'", insieme ad altre star del pop italiano ed internazionale, organizzata da Claudio Baglioni a Lampedusa in cui si intende sensibilizzare fan, politici e cittadini sul problema della immigrazione clandestina.

Il 19 ottobre esce su etichetta Rca/Sony Music il Cd+Dvd “Re Matto live”. L’album debutta al 1° posto della classifica dei dischi più venduti (Gfk/Fimi) e al 1° posto della classifica di iTunes.

A novembre Marco Mengoni, dopo aver trionfato nella categoria Best Italian Act, si aggiudica anche il prestigioso titolo di Best European Act: un premio importante per lui e per l'Italia, considerando che in 17 edizioni nessun italiano era mai riuscito a raggiungere tale riconoscimento.

Il 2 settembre 2011 arriva in radio il singolo “Solo” che, anticipando l’uscita del nuovo disco, schizza alprimo posto della classica di iTunes. Il 27 settembre esce “Solo 2.0”, un vero e proprio concept album, che oltre alle tracce del disco e a un contenuto virtuale speciale (Il Comic 2.0), contamina anche la prima parte del Tour.

Dopo un’anteprima trionfante del “Solo Tour” con due date evento al Forum di Assago e al Palalottomatica di Roma, Marco Mengoni decide di cambiare veste allo spettacolo e di svelare al pubblico un’altra porzione d’anima, il suo lato più intimista, quasi introspettivo, non tralasciando mai la sua voglia di stupire e di emozionare. È un TOUR TEATRALE che fa della suggestione visiva e sonora il suo punto di forza.

Uno spettacolo in cui musica, movimento scenico, luci e scenografie compenetrano tra loro, per toccare ancor più da vicino l’anima di chi ascolta. L’essenza intimista dello spettacolo è rappresentata soprattutto dal suono. Una chiave di lettura inedita, con cui verranno reinterpretati molti tra i brani più noti del repertorio di Marco, insieme ad alcune cover, mai eseguite prima.

Il tour teatrale, ideato da Elisa, Marco Mengoni e Andrea Rigonat, parte dall’Arcimboldi di Milano il 19 aprile, passando dal Filarmonico di Verona, il Politeama di Palermo, il Gran Teatro di Roma e molti dei teatri più importanti d’Italia.

In radio intanto suona il nuovo singolo “Dall’inferno”, estratto dall’album Solo 2.0

Esce il 24 aprile, in esclusiva su iTunes, “Dall’Inferno EP”, l’EP digitale di Marco Mengoni contenente la title track, il videoclip e il backstage inedito di “Dall’inferno” e il video live di “Come ti senti”, girato durante lo showcase di presentazione dell’album “Solo 2.0”.

Marco è ospite dell’evento "Premio Leggio d'Oro", dove gli viene consegnato il Premio Speciale Voce Rivelazione Cartoon per il doppiaggio del personaggio Onceler nel cartone animato "Lorax il guardiano della foresta".

Marco prende parte al progetto "...Io Ci Sono", l'album tributo a Giorgio Gaber che celebra il grande artista a dieci anni dalla sua scomparsa, interpretando il brano "Destra-Sinistra".

Il 2013 si apre con la partecipazione di Marco alla 63^ Edizione del Festival di Sanremo con i brani “Bellissimo” e “L’Essenziale”, ed è proprio con quest’ultimo che Marco si classifica primo vincendo il Festival.

Entrambi i brani sono contenuti nel nuovo album di inediti (Sony Music) uscito il 19 marzo 2013:#PRONTOACORRERE ha superato di gran lunga il traguardo del disco di platino e "L’Essenziale" è addirittura multiplatino.

Marco ha rappresentato l’Italia all’Eurovision Song Contest a Malmö (Svezia) nel mese di maggio, dove ha ottenuto il settimo posto con "L’Essenziale".

L’8 maggio è partito "l’Essenziale Anteprima Tour" dal Teatro degli Arcimboldi di Milano: un’anteprima di 10 date, ideata per i più importanti teatri italiani che hanno registrato il sold out non appena aperte la prevendite.

Il 4 luglio è partito invece da Trento "L’Essenziale Tour", con un clamoroso successo di richieste, che continua ad imporre l’apertura di nuove date.

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Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

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Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

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Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

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Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone 43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax 43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

Marco Mengoni

Teatro Arcimboldi - Milano

26 Settembre 2013

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Marco Mengoni , vincitore incontrastato della terza edizione di 'X Factor'. Presenza scenica da professionista consumato, lunatico, "permaloso quasi antipatico", ha conquistato la stima del pubblico (non è mai finito in ballottaggio per l'eliminazione) grazie a interpretazioni di grande spessore.

Il 4 dicembre 2009 esce “DOVE SI VOLA”, il suo primo Ep, che in poche settimane scala le classifiche di vendita con oltre 70 mila copie.

“Dove si vola”, brano che da il titolo all’Ep, è difficile da interpretare per un uomo, sia per la tonalità molto alta che per l’articolazione della melodia sull’armonia. La forza vocale di Marco regala al pezzo una magia unica che, durante le esibizioni fa letteralmente volare il pubblico, pubblico che l’ha votato e proclamato, quasi fin da subito, il vero talento della terza edizione di X Factor. All’interno dell’EP un altro brano inedito, “Lontanissimo da te”, firmato Massimo e Piero Calabrese e cinque tra le più emozionanti cover cantate da Marco durante il programma.

Marco nasce a Ronciglione (VT) il 25 dicembre 1988 (Capricorno), proprio nel giorno di Natale. Fin da bambino ama tutti i generi musicali: “Alla tenera 'altezza' di 70 cm. comincio ad ascoltare di tutto, dal pop all’r&b, soul, rock ed inizio ad approfondire la mia cultura musicale: scopro il karaoke e comincio a cantare di nascosto, per timidezza. Poi una volta i miei per caso mi ascoltano e si convincono di mandarmi ad una scuola di canto. Da quel momento capisco che la musica non è poi così semplice come pensavo: c'era da imparare molto…. tecniche di respirazione, maschera facciale, scale, vocalizzi di qualsiasi genere, per affinare la voce”.

Marco inizia a cantare all’età di 14 anni. Mentre studia all'Istituto per il Design, segue anche una scuola di canto dove impara le prime tecniche per la gestione e l'utilizzo dei propri mezzi vocali. Visto il talento di Marco, l’insegnante di canto lo inserisce in un piccolo quintetto vocale con cui si esibisce in serate di piazza e per le festività, facendo cover.

Dopo 2 anni ha inizio il suo percorso solista con un gruppo di musicisti con il quale suona nei club un po’ del suo repertorio originale e un po’ di cover, continuando quindi la sua gavetta. Iniziano tre anni di duro lavoro e provinaggio, per affinare lo stile e la personalità, ed anche per questo, Marco, figlio unico, lascia la famiglia per trasferirsi a Roma. Contemporaneamente si iscrive all’Università nella Facoltà di Lingue, e fa esperienza come fonico e programmatore, prendendo familiarità con gli studi di registrazione.

Il suo genere preferito resta il Brit Pop e la sua massima, e amatissima, influenza musicale sono i Beatles: tra le sue canzoni preferite dei Fab 4 ci sono 'Michelle' e 'The Fool on te hill'. Anche se il brano che gli ha cambiato la vita è 'La luce dell’est' di Lucio Battisti.

Vincendo X Factor Marco partecipa di diritto alla Sessantesima Edizione del Festival di Sanremo, nella categoria 'Artisti', interpretando “Credimi ancora”, brano che fa parte dell’EP “Re Matto” uscito il 19 febbraio 2010 su etichetta Rca/Sony Music.

Il 2010 è un anno davvero unico per quest’artista giovane ma pieno di talento. Mentre la sua paginaFacebook continua a crescere (superando ad oggi i 300 mila iscritti), Il 3 e 4 maggio parte dall’Alcatraz di Milano Il “Re Matto Tour, un viaggio nella “Mattità”, un’avventura vertiginosa nella mente colorata e multiforme di MARCO MENGONI. Lo spettacolo nasce da un’ idea di Marco, Luca Tommassini e Stella Fabiani. La regia è affidata a LUCA TOMMASSINI, la direzione artistica è di PIERO CALABRESE, la produzione è di F&P Group e dei “CANTIERI MUSICALI” che da sempre lavorano con MENGONI. Nel team creativo di Marco e del “RE MATTO TOUR” sono state coinvolte figure importanti a livello mondiale come lo stilista Neil Barrett, che finora ha solo disegnato abiti per artisti come Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt e Johnny Depp, e lo scultore Davide Orlandi Dormino, creatore di “Opera Scacchi”, la scultura che invade il palco. “IL RE MATTO TOUR” è ideato, sviluppato e strutturato all’insegna della totale libertà, della poesia, della sregolatezza e dell’improvvisazione rendendo ogni concerto un vero evento, con ospiti a sorpresa cheMARCO scopre insieme al pubblico…una sfida che solo un Re Matto poteva accettare.

Intanto l’8 maggio Marco partecipa ai Trl Awards e vince nella categoria “Man of the Year”.

Il “Re Matto tour” è un’esperienza straordinaria per Marco, che vive e si ciba dell’entusiasmo del pubblico. È un tour trionfale che colleziona un sold out dopo l’altro.

Il 2 giugno viene premiato ai Wind Music Awards e si aggiudica il doppio disco di platino per il suo primo Ep “Dove si vola”, che raccoglie l’omonima canzone e alcune delle cover cantate durante il programma di X Factor, e l’album “Re Matto”, superando le 160 mila copie vendute.

Il "Re Matto" del pop italiano non si fa mancare proprio nulla. Supera gli altri colleghi in gara agli Ema 2010 nella categoria dedicata agli artisti italiani: Malika Ayane, dARi, Sonohra e Nina Zilli.

Questo è un riconoscimento fondamentale per Marco Mengoni, artista italiano rivelazione del 2010, che ad MTV si è già aggiudicato il premio come "Man Of The Year" ai TRL Awards 2010 ed è arrivato secondo in una gara all'ultima edizione del Coca Cola Live @ MTV: The Summer Song. Grazie alla vittoria come Best Italian Act, Marco è entrato in nomination per il "Best European Act" in concorrenza con gli altri vincitori dei regional act. Marco partecipa inoltre all'ottava edizione di "O'Scia'", insieme ad altre star del pop italiano ed internazionale, organizzata da Claudio Baglioni a Lampedusa in cui si intende sensibilizzare fan, politici e cittadini sul problema della immigrazione clandestina.

Il 19 ottobre esce su etichetta Rca/Sony Music il Cd+Dvd “Re Matto live”. L’album debutta al 1° posto della classifica dei dischi più venduti (Gfk/Fimi) e al 1° posto della classifica di iTunes.

A novembre Marco Mengoni, dopo aver trionfato nella categoria Best Italian Act, si aggiudica anche il prestigioso titolo di Best European Act: un premio importante per lui e per l'Italia, considerando che in 17 edizioni nessun italiano era mai riuscito a raggiungere tale riconoscimento.

Il 2 settembre 2011 arriva in radio il singolo “Solo” che, anticipando l’uscita del nuovo disco, schizza alprimo posto della classica di iTunes. Il 27 settembre esce “Solo 2.0”, un vero e proprio concept album, che oltre alle tracce del disco e a un contenuto virtuale speciale (Il Comic 2.0), contamina anche la prima parte del Tour.

Dopo un’anteprima trionfante del “Solo Tour” con due date evento al Forum di Assago e al Palalottomatica di Roma, Marco Mengoni decide di cambiare veste allo spettacolo e di svelare al pubblico un’altra porzione d’anima, il suo lato più intimista, quasi introspettivo, non tralasciando mai la sua voglia di stupire e di emozionare. È un TOUR TEATRALE che fa della suggestione visiva e sonora il suo punto di forza.

Uno spettacolo in cui musica, movimento scenico, luci e scenografie compenetrano tra loro, per toccare ancor più da vicino l’anima di chi ascolta. L’essenza intimista dello spettacolo è rappresentata soprattutto dal suono. Una chiave di lettura inedita, con cui verranno reinterpretati molti tra i brani più noti del repertorio di Marco, insieme ad alcune cover, mai eseguite prima.

Il tour teatrale, ideato da Elisa, Marco Mengoni e Andrea Rigonat, parte dall’Arcimboldi di Milano il 19 aprile, passando dal Filarmonico di Verona, il Politeama di Palermo, il Gran Teatro di Roma e molti dei teatri più importanti d’Italia.

In radio intanto suona il nuovo singolo “Dall’inferno”, estratto dall’album Solo 2.0

Esce il 24 aprile, in esclusiva su iTunes, “Dall’Inferno EP”, l’EP digitale di Marco Mengoni contenente la title track, il videoclip e il backstage inedito di “Dall’inferno” e il video live di “Come ti senti”, girato durante lo showcase di presentazione dell’album “Solo 2.0”.

Marco è ospite dell’evento "Premio Leggio d'Oro", dove gli viene consegnato il Premio Speciale Voce Rivelazione Cartoon per il doppiaggio del personaggio Onceler nel cartone animato "Lorax il guardiano della foresta".

Marco prende parte al progetto "...Io Ci Sono", l'album tributo a Giorgio Gaber che celebra il grande artista a dieci anni dalla sua scomparsa, interpretando il brano "Destra-Sinistra".

Il 2013 si apre con la partecipazione di Marco alla 63^ Edizione del Festival di Sanremo con i brani “Bellissimo” e “L’Essenziale”, ed è proprio con quest’ultimo che Marco si classifica primo vincendo il Festival.

Entrambi i brani sono contenuti nel nuovo album di inediti (Sony Music) uscito il 19 marzo 2013:#PRONTOACORRERE ha superato di gran lunga il traguardo del disco di platino e "L’Essenziale" è addirittura multiplatino.

Marco ha rappresentato l’Italia all’Eurovision Song Contest a Malmö (Svezia) nel mese di maggio, dove ha ottenuto il settimo posto con "L’Essenziale".

L’8 maggio è partito "l’Essenziale Anteprima Tour" dal Teatro degli Arcimboldi di Milano: un’anteprima di 10 date, ideata per i più importanti teatri italiani che hanno registrato il sold out non appena aperte la prevendite.

Il 4 luglio è partito invece da Trento "L’Essenziale Tour", con un clamoroso successo di richieste, che continua ad imporre l’apertura di nuove date.

(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)

Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

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Marco Mengoni , vincitore incontrastato della terza edizione di 'X Factor'. Presenza scenica da professionista consumato, lunatico, "permaloso quasi antipatico", ha conquistato la stima del pubblico (non è mai finito in ballottaggio per l'eliminazione) grazie a interpretazioni di grande spessore.

Il 4 dicembre 2009 esce “DOVE SI VOLA”, il suo primo Ep, che in poche settimane scala le classifiche di vendita con oltre 70 mila copie.

“Dove si vola”, brano che da il titolo all’Ep, è difficile da interpretare per un uomo, sia per la tonalità molto alta che per l’articolazione della melodia sull’armonia. La forza vocale di Marco regala al pezzo una magia unica che, durante le esibizioni fa letteralmente volare il pubblico, pubblico che l’ha votato e proclamato, quasi fin da subito, il vero talento della terza edizione di X Factor. All’interno dell’EP un altro brano inedito, “Lontanissimo da te”, firmato Massimo e Piero Calabrese e cinque tra le più emozionanti cover cantate da Marco durante il programma.

Marco nasce a Ronciglione (VT) il 25 dicembre 1988 (Capricorno), proprio nel giorno di Natale. Fin da bambino ama tutti i generi musicali: “Alla tenera 'altezza' di 70 cm. comincio ad ascoltare di tutto, dal pop all’r&b, soul, rock ed inizio ad approfondire la mia cultura musicale: scopro il karaoke e comincio a cantare di nascosto, per timidezza. Poi una volta i miei per caso mi ascoltano e si convincono di mandarmi ad una scuola di canto. Da quel momento capisco che la musica non è poi così semplice come pensavo: c'era da imparare molto…. tecniche di respirazione, maschera facciale, scale, vocalizzi di qualsiasi genere, per affinare la voce”.

Marco inizia a cantare all’età di 14 anni. Mentre studia all'Istituto per il Design, segue anche una scuola di canto dove impara le prime tecniche per la gestione e l'utilizzo dei propri mezzi vocali. Visto il talento di Marco, l’insegnante di canto lo inserisce in un piccolo quintetto vocale con cui si esibisce in serate di piazza e per le festività, facendo cover.

Dopo 2 anni ha inizio il suo percorso solista con un gruppo di musicisti con il quale suona nei club un po’ del suo repertorio originale e un po’ di cover, continuando quindi la sua gavetta. Iniziano tre anni di duro lavoro e provinaggio, per affinare lo stile e la personalità, ed anche per questo, Marco, figlio unico, lascia la famiglia per trasferirsi a Roma. Contemporaneamente si iscrive all’Università nella Facoltà di Lingue, e fa esperienza come fonico e programmatore, prendendo familiarità con gli studi di registrazione.

Il suo genere preferito resta il Brit Pop e la sua massima, e amatissima, influenza musicale sono i Beatles: tra le sue canzoni preferite dei Fab 4 ci sono 'Michelle' e 'The Fool on te hill'. Anche se il brano che gli ha cambiato la vita è 'La luce dell’est' di Lucio Battisti.

Vincendo X Factor Marco partecipa di diritto alla Sessantesima Edizione del Festival di Sanremo, nella categoria 'Artisti', interpretando “Credimi ancora”, brano che fa parte dell’EP “Re Matto” uscito il 19 febbraio 2010 su etichetta Rca/Sony Music.

Il 2010 è un anno davvero unico per quest’artista giovane ma pieno di talento. Mentre la sua paginaFacebook continua a crescere (superando ad oggi i 300 mila iscritti), Il 3 e 4 maggio parte dall’Alcatraz di Milano Il “Re Matto Tour, un viaggio nella “Mattità”, un’avventura vertiginosa nella mente colorata e multiforme di MARCO MENGONI. Lo spettacolo nasce da un’ idea di Marco, Luca Tommassini e Stella Fabiani. La regia è affidata a LUCA TOMMASSINI, la direzione artistica è di PIERO CALABRESE, la produzione è di F&P Group e dei “CANTIERI MUSICALI” che da sempre lavorano con MENGONI. Nel team creativo di Marco e del “RE MATTO TOUR” sono state coinvolte figure importanti a livello mondiale come lo stilista Neil Barrett, che finora ha solo disegnato abiti per artisti come Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt e Johnny Depp, e lo scultore Davide Orlandi Dormino, creatore di “Opera Scacchi”, la scultura che invade il palco. “IL RE MATTO TOUR” è ideato, sviluppato e strutturato all’insegna della totale libertà, della poesia, della sregolatezza e dell’improvvisazione rendendo ogni concerto un vero evento, con ospiti a sorpresa cheMARCO scopre insieme al pubblico…una sfida che solo un Re Matto poteva accettare.

Intanto l’8 maggio Marco partecipa ai Trl Awards e vince nella categoria “Man of the Year”.

Il “Re Matto tour” è un’esperienza straordinaria per Marco, che vive e si ciba dell’entusiasmo del pubblico. È un tour trionfale che colleziona un sold out dopo l’altro.

Il 2 giugno viene premiato ai Wind Music Awards e si aggiudica il doppio disco di platino per il suo primo Ep “Dove si vola”, che raccoglie l’omonima canzone e alcune delle cover cantate durante il programma di X Factor, e l’album “Re Matto”, superando le 160 mila copie vendute.

Il "Re Matto" del pop italiano non si fa mancare proprio nulla. Supera gli altri colleghi in gara agli Ema 2010 nella categoria dedicata agli artisti italiani: Malika Ayane, dARi, Sonohra e Nina Zilli.

Questo è un riconoscimento fondamentale per Marco Mengoni, artista italiano rivelazione del 2010, che ad MTV si è già aggiudicato il premio come "Man Of The Year" ai TRL Awards 2010 ed è arrivato secondo in una gara all'ultima edizione del Coca Cola Live @ MTV: The Summer Song. Grazie alla vittoria come Best Italian Act, Marco è entrato in nomination per il "Best European Act" in concorrenza con gli altri vincitori dei regional act. Marco partecipa inoltre all'ottava edizione di "O'Scia'", insieme ad altre star del pop italiano ed internazionale, organizzata da Claudio Baglioni a Lampedusa in cui si intende sensibilizzare fan, politici e cittadini sul problema della immigrazione clandestina.

Il 19 ottobre esce su etichetta Rca/Sony Music il Cd+Dvd “Re Matto live”. L’album debutta al 1° posto della classifica dei dischi più venduti (Gfk/Fimi) e al 1° posto della classifica di iTunes.

A novembre Marco Mengoni, dopo aver trionfato nella categoria Best Italian Act, si aggiudica anche il prestigioso titolo di Best European Act: un premio importante per lui e per l'Italia, considerando che in 17 edizioni nessun italiano era mai riuscito a raggiungere tale riconoscimento.

Il 2 settembre 2011 arriva in radio il singolo “Solo” che, anticipando l’uscita del nuovo disco, schizza alprimo posto della classica di iTunes. Il 27 settembre esce “Solo 2.0”, un vero e proprio concept album, che oltre alle tracce del disco e a un contenuto virtuale speciale (Il Comic 2.0), contamina anche la prima parte del Tour.

Dopo un’anteprima trionfante del “Solo Tour” con due date evento al Forum di Assago e al Palalottomatica di Roma, Marco Mengoni decide di cambiare veste allo spettacolo e di svelare al pubblico un’altra porzione d’anima, il suo lato più intimista, quasi introspettivo, non tralasciando mai la sua voglia di stupire e di emozionare. È un TOUR TEATRALE che fa della suggestione visiva e sonora il suo punto di forza.

Uno spettacolo in cui musica, movimento scenico, luci e scenografie compenetrano tra loro, per toccare ancor più da vicino l’anima di chi ascolta. L’essenza intimista dello spettacolo è rappresentata soprattutto dal suono. Una chiave di lettura inedita, con cui verranno reinterpretati molti tra i brani più noti del repertorio di Marco, insieme ad alcune cover, mai eseguite prima.

Il tour teatrale, ideato da Elisa, Marco Mengoni e Andrea Rigonat, parte dall’Arcimboldi di Milano il 19 aprile, passando dal Filarmonico di Verona, il Politeama di Palermo, il Gran Teatro di Roma e molti dei teatri più importanti d’Italia.

In radio intanto suona il nuovo singolo “Dall’inferno”, estratto dall’album Solo 2.0

Esce il 24 aprile, in esclusiva su iTunes, “Dall’Inferno EP”, l’EP digitale di Marco Mengoni contenente la title track, il videoclip e il backstage inedito di “Dall’inferno” e il video live di “Come ti senti”, girato durante lo showcase di presentazione dell’album “Solo 2.0”.

Marco è ospite dell’evento "Premio Leggio d'Oro", dove gli viene consegnato il Premio Speciale Voce Rivelazione Cartoon per il doppiaggio del personaggio Onceler nel cartone animato "Lorax il guardiano della foresta".

Marco prende parte al progetto "...Io Ci Sono", l'album tributo a Giorgio Gaber che celebra il grande artista a dieci anni dalla sua scomparsa, interpretando il brano "Destra-Sinistra".

Il 2013 si apre con la partecipazione di Marco alla 63^ Edizione del Festival di Sanremo con i brani “Bellissimo” e “L’Essenziale”, ed è proprio con quest’ultimo che Marco si classifica primo vincendo il Festival.

Entrambi i brani sono contenuti nel nuovo album di inediti (Sony Music) uscito il 19 marzo 2013:#PRONTOACORRERE ha superato di gran lunga il traguardo del disco di platino e "L’Essenziale" è addirittura multiplatino.

Marco ha rappresentato l’Italia all’Eurovision Song Contest a Malmö (Svezia) nel mese di maggio, dove ha ottenuto il settimo posto con "L’Essenziale".

L’8 maggio è partito "l’Essenziale Anteprima Tour" dal Teatro degli Arcimboldi di Milano: un’anteprima di 10 date, ideata per i più importanti teatri italiani che hanno registrato il sold out non appena aperte la prevendite.

Il 4 luglio è partito invece da Trento "L’Essenziale Tour", con un clamoroso successo di richieste, che continua ad imporre l’apertura di nuove date.

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Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

aeiou - the cultural information system of the bm: bwk

14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria

www.aeiou.at

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)

Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

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Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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Marco Mengoni

Teatro Arcimboldi - Milano

26 Settembre 2013

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Marco Mengoni , vincitore incontrastato della terza edizione di 'X Factor'. Presenza scenica da professionista consumato, lunatico, "permaloso quasi antipatico", ha conquistato la stima del pubblico (non è mai finito in ballottaggio per l'eliminazione) grazie a interpretazioni di grande spessore.

Il 4 dicembre 2009 esce “DOVE SI VOLA”, il suo primo Ep, che in poche settimane scala le classifiche di vendita con oltre 70 mila copie.

“Dove si vola”, brano che da il titolo all’Ep, è difficile da interpretare per un uomo, sia per la tonalità molto alta che per l’articolazione della melodia sull’armonia. La forza vocale di Marco regala al pezzo una magia unica che, durante le esibizioni fa letteralmente volare il pubblico, pubblico che l’ha votato e proclamato, quasi fin da subito, il vero talento della terza edizione di X Factor. All’interno dell’EP un altro brano inedito, “Lontanissimo da te”, firmato Massimo e Piero Calabrese e cinque tra le più emozionanti cover cantate da Marco durante il programma.

Marco nasce a Ronciglione (VT) il 25 dicembre 1988 (Capricorno), proprio nel giorno di Natale. Fin da bambino ama tutti i generi musicali: “Alla tenera 'altezza' di 70 cm. comincio ad ascoltare di tutto, dal pop all’r&b, soul, rock ed inizio ad approfondire la mia cultura musicale: scopro il karaoke e comincio a cantare di nascosto, per timidezza. Poi una volta i miei per caso mi ascoltano e si convincono di mandarmi ad una scuola di canto. Da quel momento capisco che la musica non è poi così semplice come pensavo: c'era da imparare molto…. tecniche di respirazione, maschera facciale, scale, vocalizzi di qualsiasi genere, per affinare la voce”.

Marco inizia a cantare all’età di 14 anni. Mentre studia all'Istituto per il Design, segue anche una scuola di canto dove impara le prime tecniche per la gestione e l'utilizzo dei propri mezzi vocali. Visto il talento di Marco, l’insegnante di canto lo inserisce in un piccolo quintetto vocale con cui si esibisce in serate di piazza e per le festività, facendo cover.

Dopo 2 anni ha inizio il suo percorso solista con un gruppo di musicisti con il quale suona nei club un po’ del suo repertorio originale e un po’ di cover, continuando quindi la sua gavetta. Iniziano tre anni di duro lavoro e provinaggio, per affinare lo stile e la personalità, ed anche per questo, Marco, figlio unico, lascia la famiglia per trasferirsi a Roma. Contemporaneamente si iscrive all’Università nella Facoltà di Lingue, e fa esperienza come fonico e programmatore, prendendo familiarità con gli studi di registrazione.

Il suo genere preferito resta il Brit Pop e la sua massima, e amatissima, influenza musicale sono i Beatles: tra le sue canzoni preferite dei Fab 4 ci sono 'Michelle' e 'The Fool on te hill'. Anche se il brano che gli ha cambiato la vita è 'La luce dell’est' di Lucio Battisti.

Vincendo X Factor Marco partecipa di diritto alla Sessantesima Edizione del Festival di Sanremo, nella categoria 'Artisti', interpretando “Credimi ancora”, brano che fa parte dell’EP “Re Matto” uscito il 19 febbraio 2010 su etichetta Rca/Sony Music.

Il 2010 è un anno davvero unico per quest’artista giovane ma pieno di talento. Mentre la sua paginaFacebook continua a crescere (superando ad oggi i 300 mila iscritti), Il 3 e 4 maggio parte dall’Alcatraz di Milano Il “Re Matto Tour, un viaggio nella “Mattità”, un’avventura vertiginosa nella mente colorata e multiforme di MARCO MENGONI. Lo spettacolo nasce da un’ idea di Marco, Luca Tommassini e Stella Fabiani. La regia è affidata a LUCA TOMMASSINI, la direzione artistica è di PIERO CALABRESE, la produzione è di F&P Group e dei “CANTIERI MUSICALI” che da sempre lavorano con MENGONI. Nel team creativo di Marco e del “RE MATTO TOUR” sono state coinvolte figure importanti a livello mondiale come lo stilista Neil Barrett, che finora ha solo disegnato abiti per artisti come Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt e Johnny Depp, e lo scultore Davide Orlandi Dormino, creatore di “Opera Scacchi”, la scultura che invade il palco. “IL RE MATTO TOUR” è ideato, sviluppato e strutturato all’insegna della totale libertà, della poesia, della sregolatezza e dell’improvvisazione rendendo ogni concerto un vero evento, con ospiti a sorpresa cheMARCO scopre insieme al pubblico…una sfida che solo un Re Matto poteva accettare.

Intanto l’8 maggio Marco partecipa ai Trl Awards e vince nella categoria “Man of the Year”.

Il “Re Matto tour” è un’esperienza straordinaria per Marco, che vive e si ciba dell’entusiasmo del pubblico. È un tour trionfale che colleziona un sold out dopo l’altro.

Il 2 giugno viene premiato ai Wind Music Awards e si aggiudica il doppio disco di platino per il suo primo Ep “Dove si vola”, che raccoglie l’omonima canzone e alcune delle cover cantate durante il programma di X Factor, e l’album “Re Matto”, superando le 160 mila copie vendute.

Il "Re Matto" del pop italiano non si fa mancare proprio nulla. Supera gli altri colleghi in gara agli Ema 2010 nella categoria dedicata agli artisti italiani: Malika Ayane, dARi, Sonohra e Nina Zilli.

Questo è un riconoscimento fondamentale per Marco Mengoni, artista italiano rivelazione del 2010, che ad MTV si è già aggiudicato il premio come "Man Of The Year" ai TRL Awards 2010 ed è arrivato secondo in una gara all'ultima edizione del Coca Cola Live @ MTV: The Summer Song. Grazie alla vittoria come Best Italian Act, Marco è entrato in nomination per il "Best European Act" in concorrenza con gli altri vincitori dei regional act. Marco partecipa inoltre all'ottava edizione di "O'Scia'", insieme ad altre star del pop italiano ed internazionale, organizzata da Claudio Baglioni a Lampedusa in cui si intende sensibilizzare fan, politici e cittadini sul problema della immigrazione clandestina.

Il 19 ottobre esce su etichetta Rca/Sony Music il Cd+Dvd “Re Matto live”. L’album debutta al 1° posto della classifica dei dischi più venduti (Gfk/Fimi) e al 1° posto della classifica di iTunes.

A novembre Marco Mengoni, dopo aver trionfato nella categoria Best Italian Act, si aggiudica anche il prestigioso titolo di Best European Act: un premio importante per lui e per l'Italia, considerando che in 17 edizioni nessun italiano era mai riuscito a raggiungere tale riconoscimento.

Il 2 settembre 2011 arriva in radio il singolo “Solo” che, anticipando l’uscita del nuovo disco, schizza alprimo posto della classica di iTunes. Il 27 settembre esce “Solo 2.0”, un vero e proprio concept album, che oltre alle tracce del disco e a un contenuto virtuale speciale (Il Comic 2.0), contamina anche la prima parte del Tour.

Dopo un’anteprima trionfante del “Solo Tour” con due date evento al Forum di Assago e al Palalottomatica di Roma, Marco Mengoni decide di cambiare veste allo spettacolo e di svelare al pubblico un’altra porzione d’anima, il suo lato più intimista, quasi introspettivo, non tralasciando mai la sua voglia di stupire e di emozionare. È un TOUR TEATRALE che fa della suggestione visiva e sonora il suo punto di forza.

Uno spettacolo in cui musica, movimento scenico, luci e scenografie compenetrano tra loro, per toccare ancor più da vicino l’anima di chi ascolta. L’essenza intimista dello spettacolo è rappresentata soprattutto dal suono. Una chiave di lettura inedita, con cui verranno reinterpretati molti tra i brani più noti del repertorio di Marco, insieme ad alcune cover, mai eseguite prima.

Il tour teatrale, ideato da Elisa, Marco Mengoni e Andrea Rigonat, parte dall’Arcimboldi di Milano il 19 aprile, passando dal Filarmonico di Verona, il Politeama di Palermo, il Gran Teatro di Roma e molti dei teatri più importanti d’Italia.

In radio intanto suona il nuovo singolo “Dall’inferno”, estratto dall’album Solo 2.0

Esce il 24 aprile, in esclusiva su iTunes, “Dall’Inferno EP”, l’EP digitale di Marco Mengoni contenente la title track, il videoclip e il backstage inedito di “Dall’inferno” e il video live di “Come ti senti”, girato durante lo showcase di presentazione dell’album “Solo 2.0”.

Marco è ospite dell’evento "Premio Leggio d'Oro", dove gli viene consegnato il Premio Speciale Voce Rivelazione Cartoon per il doppiaggio del personaggio Onceler nel cartone animato "Lorax il guardiano della foresta".

Marco prende parte al progetto "...Io Ci Sono", l'album tributo a Giorgio Gaber che celebra il grande artista a dieci anni dalla sua scomparsa, interpretando il brano "Destra-Sinistra".

Il 2013 si apre con la partecipazione di Marco alla 63^ Edizione del Festival di Sanremo con i brani “Bellissimo” e “L’Essenziale”, ed è proprio con quest’ultimo che Marco si classifica primo vincendo il Festival.

Entrambi i brani sono contenuti nel nuovo album di inediti (Sony Music) uscito il 19 marzo 2013:#PRONTOACORRERE ha superato di gran lunga il traguardo del disco di platino e "L’Essenziale" è addirittura multiplatino.

Marco ha rappresentato l’Italia all’Eurovision Song Contest a Malmö (Svezia) nel mese di maggio, dove ha ottenuto il settimo posto con "L’Essenziale".

L’8 maggio è partito "l’Essenziale Anteprima Tour" dal Teatro degli Arcimboldi di Milano: un’anteprima di 10 date, ideata per i più importanti teatri italiani che hanno registrato il sold out non appena aperte la prevendite.

Il 4 luglio è partito invece da Trento "L’Essenziale Tour", con un clamoroso successo di richieste, che continua ad imporre l’apertura di nuove date.

Marco Mengoni

Teatro Arcimboldi - Milano

26 Settembre 2013

ph © Mairo Cinquetti

© All rights reserved. Do not use my photos without my written permission. If you would like to buy or use this photo PLEASE message me or email me at mairo.cinquetti@gmail.com

Marco Mengoni , vincitore incontrastato della terza edizione di 'X Factor'. Presenza scenica da professionista consumato, lunatico, "permaloso quasi antipatico", ha conquistato la stima del pubblico (non è mai finito in ballottaggio per l'eliminazione) grazie a interpretazioni di grande spessore.

Il 4 dicembre 2009 esce “DOVE SI VOLA”, il suo primo Ep, che in poche settimane scala le classifiche di vendita con oltre 70 mila copie.

“Dove si vola”, brano che da il titolo all’Ep, è difficile da interpretare per un uomo, sia per la tonalità molto alta che per l’articolazione della melodia sull’armonia. La forza vocale di Marco regala al pezzo una magia unica che, durante le esibizioni fa letteralmente volare il pubblico, pubblico che l’ha votato e proclamato, quasi fin da subito, il vero talento della terza edizione di X Factor. All’interno dell’EP un altro brano inedito, “Lontanissimo da te”, firmato Massimo e Piero Calabrese e cinque tra le più emozionanti cover cantate da Marco durante il programma.

Marco nasce a Ronciglione (VT) il 25 dicembre 1988 (Capricorno), proprio nel giorno di Natale. Fin da bambino ama tutti i generi musicali: “Alla tenera 'altezza' di 70 cm. comincio ad ascoltare di tutto, dal pop all’r&b, soul, rock ed inizio ad approfondire la mia cultura musicale: scopro il karaoke e comincio a cantare di nascosto, per timidezza. Poi una volta i miei per caso mi ascoltano e si convincono di mandarmi ad una scuola di canto. Da quel momento capisco che la musica non è poi così semplice come pensavo: c'era da imparare molto…. tecniche di respirazione, maschera facciale, scale, vocalizzi di qualsiasi genere, per affinare la voce”.

Marco inizia a cantare all’età di 14 anni. Mentre studia all'Istituto per il Design, segue anche una scuola di canto dove impara le prime tecniche per la gestione e l'utilizzo dei propri mezzi vocali. Visto il talento di Marco, l’insegnante di canto lo inserisce in un piccolo quintetto vocale con cui si esibisce in serate di piazza e per le festività, facendo cover.

Dopo 2 anni ha inizio il suo percorso solista con un gruppo di musicisti con il quale suona nei club un po’ del suo repertorio originale e un po’ di cover, continuando quindi la sua gavetta. Iniziano tre anni di duro lavoro e provinaggio, per affinare lo stile e la personalità, ed anche per questo, Marco, figlio unico, lascia la famiglia per trasferirsi a Roma. Contemporaneamente si iscrive all’Università nella Facoltà di Lingue, e fa esperienza come fonico e programmatore, prendendo familiarità con gli studi di registrazione.

Il suo genere preferito resta il Brit Pop e la sua massima, e amatissima, influenza musicale sono i Beatles: tra le sue canzoni preferite dei Fab 4 ci sono 'Michelle' e 'The Fool on te hill'. Anche se il brano che gli ha cambiato la vita è 'La luce dell’est' di Lucio Battisti.

Vincendo X Factor Marco partecipa di diritto alla Sessantesima Edizione del Festival di Sanremo, nella categoria 'Artisti', interpretando “Credimi ancora”, brano che fa parte dell’EP “Re Matto” uscito il 19 febbraio 2010 su etichetta Rca/Sony Music.

Il 2010 è un anno davvero unico per quest’artista giovane ma pieno di talento. Mentre la sua paginaFacebook continua a crescere (superando ad oggi i 300 mila iscritti), Il 3 e 4 maggio parte dall’Alcatraz di Milano Il “Re Matto Tour, un viaggio nella “Mattità”, un’avventura vertiginosa nella mente colorata e multiforme di MARCO MENGONI. Lo spettacolo nasce da un’ idea di Marco, Luca Tommassini e Stella Fabiani. La regia è affidata a LUCA TOMMASSINI, la direzione artistica è di PIERO CALABRESE, la produzione è di F&P Group e dei “CANTIERI MUSICALI” che da sempre lavorano con MENGONI. Nel team creativo di Marco e del “RE MATTO TOUR” sono state coinvolte figure importanti a livello mondiale come lo stilista Neil Barrett, che finora ha solo disegnato abiti per artisti come Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt e Johnny Depp, e lo scultore Davide Orlandi Dormino, creatore di “Opera Scacchi”, la scultura che invade il palco. “IL RE MATTO TOUR” è ideato, sviluppato e strutturato all’insegna della totale libertà, della poesia, della sregolatezza e dell’improvvisazione rendendo ogni concerto un vero evento, con ospiti a sorpresa cheMARCO scopre insieme al pubblico…una sfida che solo un Re Matto poteva accettare.

Intanto l’8 maggio Marco partecipa ai Trl Awards e vince nella categoria “Man of the Year”.

Il “Re Matto tour” è un’esperienza straordinaria per Marco, che vive e si ciba dell’entusiasmo del pubblico. È un tour trionfale che colleziona un sold out dopo l’altro.

Il 2 giugno viene premiato ai Wind Music Awards e si aggiudica il doppio disco di platino per il suo primo Ep “Dove si vola”, che raccoglie l’omonima canzone e alcune delle cover cantate durante il programma di X Factor, e l’album “Re Matto”, superando le 160 mila copie vendute.

Il "Re Matto" del pop italiano non si fa mancare proprio nulla. Supera gli altri colleghi in gara agli Ema 2010 nella categoria dedicata agli artisti italiani: Malika Ayane, dARi, Sonohra e Nina Zilli.

Questo è un riconoscimento fondamentale per Marco Mengoni, artista italiano rivelazione del 2010, che ad MTV si è già aggiudicato il premio come "Man Of The Year" ai TRL Awards 2010 ed è arrivato secondo in una gara all'ultima edizione del Coca Cola Live @ MTV: The Summer Song. Grazie alla vittoria come Best Italian Act, Marco è entrato in nomination per il "Best European Act" in concorrenza con gli altri vincitori dei regional act. Marco partecipa inoltre all'ottava edizione di "O'Scia'", insieme ad altre star del pop italiano ed internazionale, organizzata da Claudio Baglioni a Lampedusa in cui si intende sensibilizzare fan, politici e cittadini sul problema della immigrazione clandestina.

Il 19 ottobre esce su etichetta Rca/Sony Music il Cd+Dvd “Re Matto live”. L’album debutta al 1° posto della classifica dei dischi più venduti (Gfk/Fimi) e al 1° posto della classifica di iTunes.

A novembre Marco Mengoni, dopo aver trionfato nella categoria Best Italian Act, si aggiudica anche il prestigioso titolo di Best European Act: un premio importante per lui e per l'Italia, considerando che in 17 edizioni nessun italiano era mai riuscito a raggiungere tale riconoscimento.

Il 2 settembre 2011 arriva in radio il singolo “Solo” che, anticipando l’uscita del nuovo disco, schizza alprimo posto della classica di iTunes. Il 27 settembre esce “Solo 2.0”, un vero e proprio concept album, che oltre alle tracce del disco e a un contenuto virtuale speciale (Il Comic 2.0), contamina anche la prima parte del Tour.

Dopo un’anteprima trionfante del “Solo Tour” con due date evento al Forum di Assago e al Palalottomatica di Roma, Marco Mengoni decide di cambiare veste allo spettacolo e di svelare al pubblico un’altra porzione d’anima, il suo lato più intimista, quasi introspettivo, non tralasciando mai la sua voglia di stupire e di emozionare. È un TOUR TEATRALE che fa della suggestione visiva e sonora il suo punto di forza.

Uno spettacolo in cui musica, movimento scenico, luci e scenografie compenetrano tra loro, per toccare ancor più da vicino l’anima di chi ascolta. L’essenza intimista dello spettacolo è rappresentata soprattutto dal suono. Una chiave di lettura inedita, con cui verranno reinterpretati molti tra i brani più noti del repertorio di Marco, insieme ad alcune cover, mai eseguite prima.

Il tour teatrale, ideato da Elisa, Marco Mengoni e Andrea Rigonat, parte dall’Arcimboldi di Milano il 19 aprile, passando dal Filarmonico di Verona, il Politeama di Palermo, il Gran Teatro di Roma e molti dei teatri più importanti d’Italia.

In radio intanto suona il nuovo singolo “Dall’inferno”, estratto dall’album Solo 2.0

Esce il 24 aprile, in esclusiva su iTunes, “Dall’Inferno EP”, l’EP digitale di Marco Mengoni contenente la title track, il videoclip e il backstage inedito di “Dall’inferno” e il video live di “Come ti senti”, girato durante lo showcase di presentazione dell’album “Solo 2.0”.

Marco è ospite dell’evento "Premio Leggio d'Oro", dove gli viene consegnato il Premio Speciale Voce Rivelazione Cartoon per il doppiaggio del personaggio Onceler nel cartone animato "Lorax il guardiano della foresta".

Marco prende parte al progetto "...Io Ci Sono", l'album tributo a Giorgio Gaber che celebra il grande artista a dieci anni dalla sua scomparsa, interpretando il brano "Destra-Sinistra".

Il 2013 si apre con la partecipazione di Marco alla 63^ Edizione del Festival di Sanremo con i brani “Bellissimo” e “L’Essenziale”, ed è proprio con quest’ultimo che Marco si classifica primo vincendo il Festival.

Entrambi i brani sono contenuti nel nuovo album di inediti (Sony Music) uscito il 19 marzo 2013:#PRONTOACORRERE ha superato di gran lunga il traguardo del disco di platino e "L’Essenziale" è addirittura multiplatino.

Marco ha rappresentato l’Italia all’Eurovision Song Contest a Malmö (Svezia) nel mese di maggio, dove ha ottenuto il settimo posto con "L’Essenziale".

L’8 maggio è partito "l’Essenziale Anteprima Tour" dal Teatro degli Arcimboldi di Milano: un’anteprima di 10 date, ideata per i più importanti teatri italiani che hanno registrato il sold out non appena aperte la prevendite.

Il 4 luglio è partito invece da Trento "L’Essenziale Tour", con un clamoroso successo di richieste, che continua ad imporre l’apertura di nuove date.

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Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)

Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

aeiou - the cultural information system of the bm: bwk

14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria

www.aeiou.at

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)

Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

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Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

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Francavilla di Sicilia is a town and comune in the Province of Messina on the island of Sicily, Italy.It has a population of about 4,000 people and is situated in the southern part of the province, close to the northern slopes of Mount Etna. The distance to Messina is about 50 km, and the town is about 70 km away from Catania airport. It is located in the valley of the River Alcantara between Taormina and Randazzo. Taormina and the Mediterranean Sea are about 15 km to the south-east. Neighboring towns and villages include: Antillo, Castiglione di Sicilia, Fondachelli-Fantina, Malvagna, Montalbano Elicona, Motta Camastra, Novara di Sicilia and Tripi.

Francavilla di Sicilia è un comune italiano di 4.065 abitanti della provincia di Messina in Sicilia.È situata al centro della Valle dell'Alcantara, a nord dell'Etna, sulla riva sinistra del fiume Alcantara. Il suo territorio è solcato dal fiume San Paolo e dal torrente Zavianni, ambedue affluenti dell'Alcantara.L'antico abitato, ancora anonimo, si rivela importante e assai consistente e data anteriormente al VII secolo a.C., era in cui forte fu l'impronta dell'espansionismo ellenistico. Tuttavia una forte presenza di complessi megalitici legati ai culti della fertilità, e soprattutto a quelli della Dea Madre (culto fortemente rappresentato dai reperti archeologici del VI sec. in poi- nella vasta area Piano di Marco/Via don Nino Russotti- i cui legami con Demetra e Kore sono inequivocabili, secondo gli studiosi), e disposti secondo precisi allineamenti, multiformi nell'aspetto e dalle forti impronte antropozoomorfe (con molti riferimenti ai rettili e alle divinità ctonie, al corredo di animali propri della dea Afrodite, arieti in particolare), rivelano essere sentinelle di peculiari percorsi che tracciano le grandi vie di comunicazione, sacre in quanto tali, di un'antichità tanto lontana quanto ancora ignota, ma che riserva quasi quotidianamente scoperte che destano tanta meraviglia quanti sono gli interrogativi che pongono. Disposti secondo mappe celesti che, spesso, le stesse pietre riportano sotto forma di fori allineati secondo varie figure e cerchi, rivelano la presenza di una civiltà ignota ma sicuramente evoluta. Non è difficile- ecco una traccia a nostro favore- collegarli con simili complessi megalitici sparsi un po' in tutto il mondo, ma possiamo forse datarli ad un'era anteriore alla stessa Stonehenge e ai complessi megalitici del nord Europa, per via delle loro forme e le gigantesche dimensioni. L'argomento è oggetto di attenti studi. L' antico nome di età greca fu presumibilmente Camastra, da cui la denominazione di Motta col predicato Camastra già in età medievale. Riporta Vito Amico che fu distrutta da Camestrio, generale di Gelone di Siracusa, ma possiamo affiancare a questa interpretazione del nome Camastra una forte assonanza con la Dea Madre-Amastris (Demetra, Demether per i Greci) che fu la divinità principale anche per i Fenici (Astarte). Un legame, ancorché sottile, lega i culti della Dea Madre ad un toponimo di probabile derivazione fenicia, presente tuttora nel taorminese con una contrada, Mastrissa, che insiste in un territorio caratterizzato da forte attinenza con la dea Venere romana e con Santa Venera cristiana. Mentre a Francavilla, sul monte Cucco/Orgala, prospiciente l'abitato, una contrada viene ancor oggi denominata " "a Matraria", che assona con "Demetra" secondo la pronuncia dialettale, oltre alla contrada 'san Dimitri' (san Demetrio) nei pressi di Rocca Badia, altro sito ad alta intensità megalitica, per non parlare, inoltre, della contrada santa Venera, disseminata di allineamenti litici visibili e ben concentrati secondo precise convergenze dal fiume s. Paolo alla vetta del colle omonimo.Francavilla medievale sorge tra il 1000 ed 1100. I primi dati storici non sono legati alla figura di San Cremete, un eremita che, durante la dominazione araba, viveva sulla piattaforma rocciosa nella zona chiamata Placa (o "A Badiazza") e che si trova nei pressi del bivio Novara - Mojo, come certa storiografia dei secoli scorsi ha perpetuato, ma già dal IX sec. si accenna all'abitato retto in campo religioso da un protopapa di rito greco. Sull'Abbazia del san Salvatore della Placa troviamo notizie in una pergamena che fa del 1100, nella quale si accenna a Clemente abate e non ancora santo all'epoca.La memoria popolare riporta che quando il conte Ruggero d'Altavilla passò in questa zona con il suo seguito, Cremete, o Clemente, secondo la denominazione latina, gli chiese un aiuto per costruire un Monastero sulla rocca dove egli conduceva la sua vita solitaria. Il conte Ruggero acconsentì e tra il 1090 ed il 1100 fu restaurato il già all'epoca "antico" Monastero di S. Salvatore di Placa dove si stabilirono i monaci dell'ordine basiliano.Intorno ad esso si formeranno poi degli agglomerati di case. In un primo momento si trattava solo di insediamenti di gruppi di contadini che lavoravano per i monaci in quanto, si racconta che Ruggero avesse stabilito che fossero proprietà del Convento tutte le terre che si vedevano dall'altura su cui esso era posto. Vedi Privilegio di Ruggero del quale esistono due versioni ufficiali e una locale corrotta (certamente artatamente) nella traduzione latina.Il castello è coevo al restauro o alla ricostruzione dell'abbazia del San Salvatore della Placa e sorse qualche decennio più tardi perché esistente come possibile acropoli dell'ancora anonima importantissima città sicula che fu Francavilla e come kastron in epoca bizantina. Sorge ancora sotto forma di ruderi su una collina distante 3 km in linea d'aria dalla Placa ed è in posizione strategica. Costituisce il centro della Valle dell'Alcantara ed è protetto e difeso dai castelli di Castiglione di Sicilia, Motta (la Mocta di la Placa), il forte della Placa (cioè la stessa abbazia col suo presidio militare). Vero è che restauri ed interventi siano stati effettuati sotto Guglielmo I D'Altavilla "il Malo" (1120 - 1166); per altri invece esso venne edificato sotto il regno di Guglielmo II detto il "Buono" (1153 - 1189), figlio del precedente. Il castello, maestoso come doveva essere nella sua integrità ed imprendibile (forse difeso da una tripla cinta muraria), pur essendo stato nei secoli teatro della storia non solo locale ma dell'intera Sicilia non è citato tra i castelli di Sicilia. Due chiese ne presidiavano i versanti Est ed Ovest, la chiesa di San Teodoro e la chiesa di San Giorgio.Oggi l'antico Castello feudale è ridotto ad un cumulo di macerie. Le pietre sono saldate con calce malfitana molto usata dagli antichi e di cui esiste ancora una cava nel territorio di Francavilla di Sicilia. Dal lato Est, i ruderi sono rappresentati da grosse ed alte mura, che svettano monumentali sul ciglione sovrastante la ripida parete del colle. Resta inoltre la saldatura muraria tra la linea del ciglione e l'alta muratura. Tra i ruderi della divisione interna; in un cortile, si trovano gli avanzi di una grande cisterna che doveva essere di primaria utilità per i presidiatori del luogo.

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Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

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Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

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Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

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Austrian Gallery Belvedere

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provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

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la banderole accroché au balcon de l'hôtel de ville de REIMS

la ville-arrivée du Tour de France 2014 .

Le Tour de France sur le front de 14-18

hommage aux glorieux anciens qui roulaient plus souvent sur des chemins de boue que sur des routes asphaltées.

En 2014, la Grande Boucle rend hommage au centenaire de la Première Guerre mondiale. L'étape du 10 juillet Arras-Reims comprend 90 km dans l'Aisne, dont le Chemin des Dames.

Coucy-le-Château, Anizy, Brancourt-en-Laonnois et Pinon, le peloton entrera sur le fameux Chemin des Dames.

À Pinon Le Tour fera son entrée dans une côte. dans la rue du 52e-RI .

Reims_Un parfum de Paris-Roubaix.

C’est dans la ville des rois de France qu’est jugée l’arrivée de la 6e étape, partie d’Arras pour 194kilomètres. Du Nord-Pas-de-Calais à la Champagne-Ardennes,

il n’y a que du plat et le sprint paraît inévitable.

D’ailleurs, les trois derniers vainqueurs à Reims s’appellent Alessandro Petacchi (2010), Robbie McEwen (2002) et Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (1991) : trois fusées.

Tout le monde sur le pont à Reims pour le Tour de France ...

Le Tour de France est une manifestation qui demande l’implication de tous les services de la Ville

La pose de barrières reste la mission la plus prenante pour les agents municipaux.

le Tour de France est une très grosse « machine » qui demande une logistique considérable.

Si la société ASO (Amaury sport organisation) a ses propres équipes qui suivent tout le parcours pendant les 22 jours de la compétition,

les villes étapes doivent elles aussi accompagner le mouvement.

la ligne d’arrivée.

Dans la zone d’arrivée, sous la houlette du directeur de site, des barrières hautes sont posées autour de la "zone technique",

d’où émettent les camions radio et les télévisions. Doublet travaille depuis un an à la conception de barrières "repousse public" dotées d’arches,

qui empêcheront toute main de percuter malencontreusement un coureur. Suite à la chute de Laurent Jalabert à Armentières d’ailleurs,

les barrières ne laissent plus dépasser aucun panneau publicitaire. La réclame est directement intégrée à la clôture.

La caravane publicitaire

La caravane publicitaire, créée en 1930, s’est développée considérablement au fil des années, pour accueillir plus de 180 véhicules en 2012.

Le défilé d’ouverture, festif et créatif, a su conquérir les marques et le public, jusqu’à devenir une composante essentielle au spectacle du Tour

LCL, qui sera toujours parrain du maillot jaune du leader du classement général du Tour de France, comme c'est le cas depuis 1987.

La caravane publicitaire du Tour Alsace part une heure avant les coureurs. Elle est composée d'une quinzaine de véhicules publicitaires

et suit le parcours officiel du Tour. Elle distribue une multitude de goodies aux spectateurs au bord des routes.

47 % des spectateurs viennent en priorité pour la caravane

Le succès de la formule, avec un défilé de véhicules originaux qui « font de la réclame », en distribuant des cadeaux, est immédiat.

Les premiers annonceurs, comme la Vache qui rit, y gagnent la sympathie du public, qui se prête volontiers au jeu. Quatre-vingts ans plus tard,

la caravane publicitaire est devenue une composante à part entière du spectacle du Tour. Indissociable de la course qu’elle précède, la procession multiforme et multicolore

offre une animation de plus de 45 minutes. Jeunes et moins jeunes commentent sur le bord des routes la taille et l’inventivité des chars ; on s’y presse pour demander des cadeaux…

Au total, une étude réalisée auprès du public du Tour révèle que 47 % des spectateurs sont venus en priorité pour voir la caravane publicitaire.

lancer de saucissons Cochonou à la foule en délire.

Cochonou, la marque de saucissons distribuera bien sûr encore bobs et saucissons au bord de la route depuis ses fameuses 2CV, mais sera également présent sur internet,

avec son blog Cochonou et Vous tenu depuis quelques années par Thibault (qui avait repris le flambeau d'Adeline).

Le garage virtuel CochonouOriginalité cette année, la possibilité de créer sa propre 2CV dans le garage virtuel Cochonou et peut-être même la gagner et la tester pour

la première fois sur la célèbre Avenue des Champs-Elysées lors de l'arrivée de la dernière étape du Tour à Paris !

Le jeu-concours est ouvert jusqu'au 31 juillet mais le grand gagnant de la 2CV sera désigné le 15 juillet prochain sachant que par la suite on peut gagner l'un des autres

lots du jeu (2CV Cochonou miniatures, bobs, porte-clés et sacs cabas).

Vittel, l'eau officiel du Tour de France innove cette année en permettant à d'ordinaires spectateurs du Tour d'en devenir acteur !

ŠKODA qui reste parrain du maillot blanc de meilleur jeune et qui est toujours à la recherche des meilleures animations pour vous permettre, vous en tant que fan du Tour,

de remporter des prix avec le ŠKODA Fan Tour.

Il y a quelques mois, &ScaronKODA a d'ailleurs prolongé son contrat de partenariat avec A.S.O. et donc entre autres avec le Tour de France, jusqu'en 2018.

Banette a reconduit son partenariat pour 4 ans, jusqu'en 2017, et distribuera toujours des milliers de tartines préparées par les artisans boulangers Banette de la région alors

que la caravane continue à distribuer différents goodies et des bons de réduction. Banette communiquera sur son Tour de France sur sa page Facebook.

McCain, le producteur de frites surgelées, a rejoint le Tour en tant que fournisseur officiel pendant 3 ans et sera présent dans la caravane publicitaire du Tour avec un char-tracteur et 3 véhicules légers.

Belin fournira toujours l'apéro, mais ne valorise pas vraiment son partenariat. La seule chose qu'on peut donc vous dire, c'est que "les super z'héros" rejoignent la caravane de Belin :

Du samedi 5 juillet au dimanche 27 juillet 2014, le 101e Tour de France comprendra 21 étapes pour une distance de 3 664 kilomètres.

Marco Mengoni

Teatro Arcimboldi - Milano

26 Settembre 2013

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Marco Mengoni , vincitore incontrastato della terza edizione di 'X Factor'. Presenza scenica da professionista consumato, lunatico, "permaloso quasi antipatico", ha conquistato la stima del pubblico (non è mai finito in ballottaggio per l'eliminazione) grazie a interpretazioni di grande spessore.

Il 4 dicembre 2009 esce “DOVE SI VOLA”, il suo primo Ep, che in poche settimane scala le classifiche di vendita con oltre 70 mila copie.

“Dove si vola”, brano che da il titolo all’Ep, è difficile da interpretare per un uomo, sia per la tonalità molto alta che per l’articolazione della melodia sull’armonia. La forza vocale di Marco regala al pezzo una magia unica che, durante le esibizioni fa letteralmente volare il pubblico, pubblico che l’ha votato e proclamato, quasi fin da subito, il vero talento della terza edizione di X Factor. All’interno dell’EP un altro brano inedito, “Lontanissimo da te”, firmato Massimo e Piero Calabrese e cinque tra le più emozionanti cover cantate da Marco durante il programma.

Marco nasce a Ronciglione (VT) il 25 dicembre 1988 (Capricorno), proprio nel giorno di Natale. Fin da bambino ama tutti i generi musicali: “Alla tenera 'altezza' di 70 cm. comincio ad ascoltare di tutto, dal pop all’r&b, soul, rock ed inizio ad approfondire la mia cultura musicale: scopro il karaoke e comincio a cantare di nascosto, per timidezza. Poi una volta i miei per caso mi ascoltano e si convincono di mandarmi ad una scuola di canto. Da quel momento capisco che la musica non è poi così semplice come pensavo: c'era da imparare molto…. tecniche di respirazione, maschera facciale, scale, vocalizzi di qualsiasi genere, per affinare la voce”.

Marco inizia a cantare all’età di 14 anni. Mentre studia all'Istituto per il Design, segue anche una scuola di canto dove impara le prime tecniche per la gestione e l'utilizzo dei propri mezzi vocali. Visto il talento di Marco, l’insegnante di canto lo inserisce in un piccolo quintetto vocale con cui si esibisce in serate di piazza e per le festività, facendo cover.

Dopo 2 anni ha inizio il suo percorso solista con un gruppo di musicisti con il quale suona nei club un po’ del suo repertorio originale e un po’ di cover, continuando quindi la sua gavetta. Iniziano tre anni di duro lavoro e provinaggio, per affinare lo stile e la personalità, ed anche per questo, Marco, figlio unico, lascia la famiglia per trasferirsi a Roma. Contemporaneamente si iscrive all’Università nella Facoltà di Lingue, e fa esperienza come fonico e programmatore, prendendo familiarità con gli studi di registrazione.

Il suo genere preferito resta il Brit Pop e la sua massima, e amatissima, influenza musicale sono i Beatles: tra le sue canzoni preferite dei Fab 4 ci sono 'Michelle' e 'The Fool on te hill'. Anche se il brano che gli ha cambiato la vita è 'La luce dell’est' di Lucio Battisti.

Vincendo X Factor Marco partecipa di diritto alla Sessantesima Edizione del Festival di Sanremo, nella categoria 'Artisti', interpretando “Credimi ancora”, brano che fa parte dell’EP “Re Matto” uscito il 19 febbraio 2010 su etichetta Rca/Sony Music.

Il 2010 è un anno davvero unico per quest’artista giovane ma pieno di talento. Mentre la sua paginaFacebook continua a crescere (superando ad oggi i 300 mila iscritti), Il 3 e 4 maggio parte dall’Alcatraz di Milano Il “Re Matto Tour, un viaggio nella “Mattità”, un’avventura vertiginosa nella mente colorata e multiforme di MARCO MENGONI. Lo spettacolo nasce da un’ idea di Marco, Luca Tommassini e Stella Fabiani. La regia è affidata a LUCA TOMMASSINI, la direzione artistica è di PIERO CALABRESE, la produzione è di F&P Group e dei “CANTIERI MUSICALI” che da sempre lavorano con MENGONI. Nel team creativo di Marco e del “RE MATTO TOUR” sono state coinvolte figure importanti a livello mondiale come lo stilista Neil Barrett, che finora ha solo disegnato abiti per artisti come Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt e Johnny Depp, e lo scultore Davide Orlandi Dormino, creatore di “Opera Scacchi”, la scultura che invade il palco. “IL RE MATTO TOUR” è ideato, sviluppato e strutturato all’insegna della totale libertà, della poesia, della sregolatezza e dell’improvvisazione rendendo ogni concerto un vero evento, con ospiti a sorpresa cheMARCO scopre insieme al pubblico…una sfida che solo un Re Matto poteva accettare.

Intanto l’8 maggio Marco partecipa ai Trl Awards e vince nella categoria “Man of the Year”.

Il “Re Matto tour” è un’esperienza straordinaria per Marco, che vive e si ciba dell’entusiasmo del pubblico. È un tour trionfale che colleziona un sold out dopo l’altro.

Il 2 giugno viene premiato ai Wind Music Awards e si aggiudica il doppio disco di platino per il suo primo Ep “Dove si vola”, che raccoglie l’omonima canzone e alcune delle cover cantate durante il programma di X Factor, e l’album “Re Matto”, superando le 160 mila copie vendute.

Il "Re Matto" del pop italiano non si fa mancare proprio nulla. Supera gli altri colleghi in gara agli Ema 2010 nella categoria dedicata agli artisti italiani: Malika Ayane, dARi, Sonohra e Nina Zilli.

Questo è un riconoscimento fondamentale per Marco Mengoni, artista italiano rivelazione del 2010, che ad MTV si è già aggiudicato il premio come "Man Of The Year" ai TRL Awards 2010 ed è arrivato secondo in una gara all'ultima edizione del Coca Cola Live @ MTV: The Summer Song. Grazie alla vittoria come Best Italian Act, Marco è entrato in nomination per il "Best European Act" in concorrenza con gli altri vincitori dei regional act. Marco partecipa inoltre all'ottava edizione di "O'Scia'", insieme ad altre star del pop italiano ed internazionale, organizzata da Claudio Baglioni a Lampedusa in cui si intende sensibilizzare fan, politici e cittadini sul problema della immigrazione clandestina.

Il 19 ottobre esce su etichetta Rca/Sony Music il Cd+Dvd “Re Matto live”. L’album debutta al 1° posto della classifica dei dischi più venduti (Gfk/Fimi) e al 1° posto della classifica di iTunes.

A novembre Marco Mengoni, dopo aver trionfato nella categoria Best Italian Act, si aggiudica anche il prestigioso titolo di Best European Act: un premio importante per lui e per l'Italia, considerando che in 17 edizioni nessun italiano era mai riuscito a raggiungere tale riconoscimento.

Il 2 settembre 2011 arriva in radio il singolo “Solo” che, anticipando l’uscita del nuovo disco, schizza alprimo posto della classica di iTunes. Il 27 settembre esce “Solo 2.0”, un vero e proprio concept album, che oltre alle tracce del disco e a un contenuto virtuale speciale (Il Comic 2.0), contamina anche la prima parte del Tour.

Dopo un’anteprima trionfante del “Solo Tour” con due date evento al Forum di Assago e al Palalottomatica di Roma, Marco Mengoni decide di cambiare veste allo spettacolo e di svelare al pubblico un’altra porzione d’anima, il suo lato più intimista, quasi introspettivo, non tralasciando mai la sua voglia di stupire e di emozionare. È un TOUR TEATRALE che fa della suggestione visiva e sonora il suo punto di forza.

Uno spettacolo in cui musica, movimento scenico, luci e scenografie compenetrano tra loro, per toccare ancor più da vicino l’anima di chi ascolta. L’essenza intimista dello spettacolo è rappresentata soprattutto dal suono. Una chiave di lettura inedita, con cui verranno reinterpretati molti tra i brani più noti del repertorio di Marco, insieme ad alcune cover, mai eseguite prima.

Il tour teatrale, ideato da Elisa, Marco Mengoni e Andrea Rigonat, parte dall’Arcimboldi di Milano il 19 aprile, passando dal Filarmonico di Verona, il Politeama di Palermo, il Gran Teatro di Roma e molti dei teatri più importanti d’Italia.

In radio intanto suona il nuovo singolo “Dall’inferno”, estratto dall’album Solo 2.0

Esce il 24 aprile, in esclusiva su iTunes, “Dall’Inferno EP”, l’EP digitale di Marco Mengoni contenente la title track, il videoclip e il backstage inedito di “Dall’inferno” e il video live di “Come ti senti”, girato durante lo showcase di presentazione dell’album “Solo 2.0”.

Marco è ospite dell’evento "Premio Leggio d'Oro", dove gli viene consegnato il Premio Speciale Voce Rivelazione Cartoon per il doppiaggio del personaggio Onceler nel cartone animato "Lorax il guardiano della foresta".

Marco prende parte al progetto "...Io Ci Sono", l'album tributo a Giorgio Gaber che celebra il grande artista a dieci anni dalla sua scomparsa, interpretando il brano "Destra-Sinistra".

Il 2013 si apre con la partecipazione di Marco alla 63^ Edizione del Festival di Sanremo con i brani “Bellissimo” e “L’Essenziale”, ed è proprio con quest’ultimo che Marco si classifica primo vincendo il Festival.

Entrambi i brani sono contenuti nel nuovo album di inediti (Sony Music) uscito il 19 marzo 2013:#PRONTOACORRERE ha superato di gran lunga il traguardo del disco di platino e "L’Essenziale" è addirittura multiplatino.

Marco ha rappresentato l’Italia all’Eurovision Song Contest a Malmö (Svezia) nel mese di maggio, dove ha ottenuto il settimo posto con "L’Essenziale".

L’8 maggio è partito "l’Essenziale Anteprima Tour" dal Teatro degli Arcimboldi di Milano: un’anteprima di 10 date, ideata per i più importanti teatri italiani che hanno registrato il sold out non appena aperte la prevendite.

Il 4 luglio è partito invece da Trento "L’Essenziale Tour", con un clamoroso successo di richieste, che continua ad imporre l’apertura di nuove date.

Marco Mengoni

Teatro Arcimboldi - Milano

26 Settembre 2013

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Marco Mengoni , vincitore incontrastato della terza edizione di 'X Factor'. Presenza scenica da professionista consumato, lunatico, "permaloso quasi antipatico", ha conquistato la stima del pubblico (non è mai finito in ballottaggio per l'eliminazione) grazie a interpretazioni di grande spessore.

Il 4 dicembre 2009 esce “DOVE SI VOLA”, il suo primo Ep, che in poche settimane scala le classifiche di vendita con oltre 70 mila copie.

“Dove si vola”, brano che da il titolo all’Ep, è difficile da interpretare per un uomo, sia per la tonalità molto alta che per l’articolazione della melodia sull’armonia. La forza vocale di Marco regala al pezzo una magia unica che, durante le esibizioni fa letteralmente volare il pubblico, pubblico che l’ha votato e proclamato, quasi fin da subito, il vero talento della terza edizione di X Factor. All’interno dell’EP un altro brano inedito, “Lontanissimo da te”, firmato Massimo e Piero Calabrese e cinque tra le più emozionanti cover cantate da Marco durante il programma.

Marco nasce a Ronciglione (VT) il 25 dicembre 1988 (Capricorno), proprio nel giorno di Natale. Fin da bambino ama tutti i generi musicali: “Alla tenera 'altezza' di 70 cm. comincio ad ascoltare di tutto, dal pop all’r&b, soul, rock ed inizio ad approfondire la mia cultura musicale: scopro il karaoke e comincio a cantare di nascosto, per timidezza. Poi una volta i miei per caso mi ascoltano e si convincono di mandarmi ad una scuola di canto. Da quel momento capisco che la musica non è poi così semplice come pensavo: c'era da imparare molto…. tecniche di respirazione, maschera facciale, scale, vocalizzi di qualsiasi genere, per affinare la voce”.

Marco inizia a cantare all’età di 14 anni. Mentre studia all'Istituto per il Design, segue anche una scuola di canto dove impara le prime tecniche per la gestione e l'utilizzo dei propri mezzi vocali. Visto il talento di Marco, l’insegnante di canto lo inserisce in un piccolo quintetto vocale con cui si esibisce in serate di piazza e per le festività, facendo cover.

Dopo 2 anni ha inizio il suo percorso solista con un gruppo di musicisti con il quale suona nei club un po’ del suo repertorio originale e un po’ di cover, continuando quindi la sua gavetta. Iniziano tre anni di duro lavoro e provinaggio, per affinare lo stile e la personalità, ed anche per questo, Marco, figlio unico, lascia la famiglia per trasferirsi a Roma. Contemporaneamente si iscrive all’Università nella Facoltà di Lingue, e fa esperienza come fonico e programmatore, prendendo familiarità con gli studi di registrazione.

Il suo genere preferito resta il Brit Pop e la sua massima, e amatissima, influenza musicale sono i Beatles: tra le sue canzoni preferite dei Fab 4 ci sono 'Michelle' e 'The Fool on te hill'. Anche se il brano che gli ha cambiato la vita è 'La luce dell’est' di Lucio Battisti.

Vincendo X Factor Marco partecipa di diritto alla Sessantesima Edizione del Festival di Sanremo, nella categoria 'Artisti', interpretando “Credimi ancora”, brano che fa parte dell’EP “Re Matto” uscito il 19 febbraio 2010 su etichetta Rca/Sony Music.

Il 2010 è un anno davvero unico per quest’artista giovane ma pieno di talento. Mentre la sua paginaFacebook continua a crescere (superando ad oggi i 300 mila iscritti), Il 3 e 4 maggio parte dall’Alcatraz di Milano Il “Re Matto Tour, un viaggio nella “Mattità”, un’avventura vertiginosa nella mente colorata e multiforme di MARCO MENGONI. Lo spettacolo nasce da un’ idea di Marco, Luca Tommassini e Stella Fabiani. La regia è affidata a LUCA TOMMASSINI, la direzione artistica è di PIERO CALABRESE, la produzione è di F&P Group e dei “CANTIERI MUSICALI” che da sempre lavorano con MENGONI. Nel team creativo di Marco e del “RE MATTO TOUR” sono state coinvolte figure importanti a livello mondiale come lo stilista Neil Barrett, che finora ha solo disegnato abiti per artisti come Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt e Johnny Depp, e lo scultore Davide Orlandi Dormino, creatore di “Opera Scacchi”, la scultura che invade il palco. “IL RE MATTO TOUR” è ideato, sviluppato e strutturato all’insegna della totale libertà, della poesia, della sregolatezza e dell’improvvisazione rendendo ogni concerto un vero evento, con ospiti a sorpresa cheMARCO scopre insieme al pubblico…una sfida che solo un Re Matto poteva accettare.

Intanto l’8 maggio Marco partecipa ai Trl Awards e vince nella categoria “Man of the Year”.

Il “Re Matto tour” è un’esperienza straordinaria per Marco, che vive e si ciba dell’entusiasmo del pubblico. È un tour trionfale che colleziona un sold out dopo l’altro.

Il 2 giugno viene premiato ai Wind Music Awards e si aggiudica il doppio disco di platino per il suo primo Ep “Dove si vola”, che raccoglie l’omonima canzone e alcune delle cover cantate durante il programma di X Factor, e l’album “Re Matto”, superando le 160 mila copie vendute.

Il "Re Matto" del pop italiano non si fa mancare proprio nulla. Supera gli altri colleghi in gara agli Ema 2010 nella categoria dedicata agli artisti italiani: Malika Ayane, dARi, Sonohra e Nina Zilli.

Questo è un riconoscimento fondamentale per Marco Mengoni, artista italiano rivelazione del 2010, che ad MTV si è già aggiudicato il premio come "Man Of The Year" ai TRL Awards 2010 ed è arrivato secondo in una gara all'ultima edizione del Coca Cola Live @ MTV: The Summer Song. Grazie alla vittoria come Best Italian Act, Marco è entrato in nomination per il "Best European Act" in concorrenza con gli altri vincitori dei regional act. Marco partecipa inoltre all'ottava edizione di "O'Scia'", insieme ad altre star del pop italiano ed internazionale, organizzata da Claudio Baglioni a Lampedusa in cui si intende sensibilizzare fan, politici e cittadini sul problema della immigrazione clandestina.

Il 19 ottobre esce su etichetta Rca/Sony Music il Cd+Dvd “Re Matto live”. L’album debutta al 1° posto della classifica dei dischi più venduti (Gfk/Fimi) e al 1° posto della classifica di iTunes.

A novembre Marco Mengoni, dopo aver trionfato nella categoria Best Italian Act, si aggiudica anche il prestigioso titolo di Best European Act: un premio importante per lui e per l'Italia, considerando che in 17 edizioni nessun italiano era mai riuscito a raggiungere tale riconoscimento.

Il 2 settembre 2011 arriva in radio il singolo “Solo” che, anticipando l’uscita del nuovo disco, schizza alprimo posto della classica di iTunes. Il 27 settembre esce “Solo 2.0”, un vero e proprio concept album, che oltre alle tracce del disco e a un contenuto virtuale speciale (Il Comic 2.0), contamina anche la prima parte del Tour.

Dopo un’anteprima trionfante del “Solo Tour” con due date evento al Forum di Assago e al Palalottomatica di Roma, Marco Mengoni decide di cambiare veste allo spettacolo e di svelare al pubblico un’altra porzione d’anima, il suo lato più intimista, quasi introspettivo, non tralasciando mai la sua voglia di stupire e di emozionare. È un TOUR TEATRALE che fa della suggestione visiva e sonora il suo punto di forza.

Uno spettacolo in cui musica, movimento scenico, luci e scenografie compenetrano tra loro, per toccare ancor più da vicino l’anima di chi ascolta. L’essenza intimista dello spettacolo è rappresentata soprattutto dal suono. Una chiave di lettura inedita, con cui verranno reinterpretati molti tra i brani più noti del repertorio di Marco, insieme ad alcune cover, mai eseguite prima.

Il tour teatrale, ideato da Elisa, Marco Mengoni e Andrea Rigonat, parte dall’Arcimboldi di Milano il 19 aprile, passando dal Filarmonico di Verona, il Politeama di Palermo, il Gran Teatro di Roma e molti dei teatri più importanti d’Italia.

In radio intanto suona il nuovo singolo “Dall’inferno”, estratto dall’album Solo 2.0

Esce il 24 aprile, in esclusiva su iTunes, “Dall’Inferno EP”, l’EP digitale di Marco Mengoni contenente la title track, il videoclip e il backstage inedito di “Dall’inferno” e il video live di “Come ti senti”, girato durante lo showcase di presentazione dell’album “Solo 2.0”.

Marco è ospite dell’evento "Premio Leggio d'Oro", dove gli viene consegnato il Premio Speciale Voce Rivelazione Cartoon per il doppiaggio del personaggio Onceler nel cartone animato "Lorax il guardiano della foresta".

Marco prende parte al progetto "...Io Ci Sono", l'album tributo a Giorgio Gaber che celebra il grande artista a dieci anni dalla sua scomparsa, interpretando il brano "Destra-Sinistra".

Il 2013 si apre con la partecipazione di Marco alla 63^ Edizione del Festival di Sanremo con i brani “Bellissimo” e “L’Essenziale”, ed è proprio con quest’ultimo che Marco si classifica primo vincendo il Festival.

Entrambi i brani sono contenuti nel nuovo album di inediti (Sony Music) uscito il 19 marzo 2013:#PRONTOACORRERE ha superato di gran lunga il traguardo del disco di platino e "L’Essenziale" è addirittura multiplatino.

Marco ha rappresentato l’Italia all’Eurovision Song Contest a Malmö (Svezia) nel mese di maggio, dove ha ottenuto il settimo posto con "L’Essenziale".

L’8 maggio è partito "l’Essenziale Anteprima Tour" dal Teatro degli Arcimboldi di Milano: un’anteprima di 10 date, ideata per i più importanti teatri italiani che hanno registrato il sold out non appena aperte la prevendite.

Il 4 luglio è partito invece da Trento "L’Essenziale Tour", con un clamoroso successo di richieste, che continua ad imporre l’apertura di nuove date.

(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)

Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

aeiou - the cultural information system of the bm: bwk

14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria

www.aeiou.at

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone +43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax +43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

(further pictures and information you can see if you go to the end of page and by clicking on the link...)

Belvedere

Belvedere Castle. Garden Front of the Lower Belvedere.

Belvedere Palace stands supposedly on the foundations of a Roman camp that had been erected here for strategic reasons. In 1693 Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired field and vineyard grounds between today's Rennweg and today's Gürtel. In 1700 Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt began with the construction of a palace garden (Lower Belvedere), whose in French-style layed out park was equipped with large water basins, an orangery with precious foreign plants and a menagerie. Prince Eugene was a great animal lover, and some animals in his collection could be fed exclusively by himself.

1720 the Prince conceived the plan the summer palace to supplement by a another palace building on the hill of the garden.

The 1721 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt begun works had been completed in 1724. The Upper Belvedere served in contrast to the Lower only representative purposes and was never meant to live.

The Prince and his architect managed a perfect symbiosis between architecture and garden. After the death of the Savoy (1736) inherited his niece Victoria of Savoy-Soisson, nee Princess Hildburghausen, all his possessions. From her the Habsburgs beginning of 1752 acquired the Belvedere. From 1755 Empress Maria Theresa moved the Arcierenleibgarde (Royal Company of the Archers) and the Galician Guard in the annex of the Belvedere. Besides, the castle stood almost empty.

Belvedere Castle. Engraving by Salomon Kleiner 1731/40 (left).

Vienna from the Belvedere. Coloured copper engraving by Carl Schütz, 1784 (right).

1770 Belvedere Palace was venue of brilliant festivities:

In castle and park the marriage of Archduchess Maria Antonia (Marie Antoinette) with the Dauphin of France by proxy (per procura) was celebrated. About 2,000 people were invited, more than 1,500 bottles of champagne, which was far from home in Vienna at that time,

were emptied. For hospitality of the guests, there were round tables, which were covered with silver. However, the Court of Vienna had a large part of the silver service to rent of nobles, because the stocks of the silver chamber were not sufficient. Finished was the festival by a magnificent fireworks.

1776, the imperial picture gallery from the Stallburg (home of the famous Lipizzan stallions) was transferred to the Upper Belvedere, the animals of the menagerie came to Schönbrunn. Shortly before the Congress of Vienna in 1814 in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection was exposed. During the war against Napoleon (1805-1809), much of the collection of paintings had to be outsourced. The Corsican claimed 400 masterpieces for himself, but which after his defeat at Waterloo to the Habsburgs have been restituted. The after the French wars completely neglected building has been restored 1850-1866.

Castle Park with Upper Belvedere. Photograph, around 1890.

1819 Emperor Franz II (I) the Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, had given spacious grounds for enlargement of the Botanical Garden at Rennweg. Franz was very interested in botany and in accordance with a Habsburg House bill - every Archduke must learn a civilian job - has been educated for gardener. In an adjoining garden of Schloß Belvedere he had from his private funds laid out a botanical garden ("Flora Austriaca") which was left to the Institute of Botany for use.

During the cholera epidemic of 1831, the Belvedere served as well as Schönbrunn Palace the imperial family as a refuge; supposedly one was there protected from the bad air, which was attributed to the onset of the disease. Both castles lay in the "countryside", the air was much better here than in the densely populated city. During wartime, a hospital was set up in the castle.

As the space for the imperial collections became too small, it was thought to expand the Upper Belvedere by wing buildings. This plan was dropped for aesthetic reasons, however. After the expansion of the city (razing of the bastions and glacis) arose on the ring road the newly created Court Museums; moved there in 1891 the major part of the paintings.

Archduke-Heir to the Throne Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este at folk and children's party in the park of the Belvedere Palace. Photograph, 1905.

To 1893/94 it is likely that Archduke Franz Ferdinand has chosen the Upper Belvedere to his residence in Vienna. Other sources say that it had been assigned to him by the Emperor Franz Joseph as a place to stay in Vienna. The rooms have been restored, adapted for residential purposes and supplemented with neo-Baroque furniture. The heir of the Este collections furnished his residence with numerous works of art. He had envisaged the castle for the accommodation of his collections; in 1893 were numerous boxes from India and Singapore in Belvedere stored. 1894 Emperor Franz Joseph could see the collection: "Yesterday I went to the Belvedere, where Franzi showed me his now quite and very nicely prepared collections. The same are as imposing as interesting by the incredible amount of objects and by the rarity and beauty of them. I believe that this exhibition would be interesting for you", wrote the monarch to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. That same year, Archduke Franz Ferdinand showed his collections his future wife, Sophie Chotková,

"Where I unaware of your fatigue with particular brutality you dragged from box to box" as he apologetically from Budweis wrote to the Countess.

Then the collections moved one the one hand to the Palais Modena in the Beatrixgasse, on the other hand to Konopischt. Only in 1898, Franz Ferdinand was granted by Emperor Franz Joseph to move into the Belvedere as Vienna Residence. More revitalization works were carried out and were also necessary. Technical modernization and preservation of the original building condition had priority - as always with the projects of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As furnishings served still preserved furnitures from Schloss Hof, which were supplemented by new ones in old style. The private rooms in addition to electric lighting were equipped with central heating.

Belvedere Castle. Staircase in the Upper Belvedere (left).

Marble plastic "Apotheosis of Prince Eugene" by Balthasar Permoser in Gold Cabinet of the Lower Belvedere (right).

If his presence was needed in Vienna, Franz Ferdinand here could lead a normal family life and escape the pressures of court ceremonial, in which the to him in morganatic marriage affiliated wife was exposed to the evils of the courtiers. When the heir to the throne invited guests to the Belvedere, he was sitting opposite his wife as a hostess while she was ranked in the Hofburg always after the latest unmarried Archduchess. About the cozy family life at Belvedere reported Prince von Clary-Aldringens:

"Aunt Sophie invited us ... to snack into a Belvedere, unexpectedly, suddenly appeared the Archduke - we literally froze in our Hab-Acht-position (stand at attention). He greeted us warmly ... [I got to know] the Archduke as a friendly landlord, who was playing and laughing with his Children..."

Between 1899 and 1914 in the Lower Belvedere the military bureau of the heir to the throne was housed. Other well-known Residents - but of outbuildings - were Anton Bruckner, who in 1896 died in the Kustodenwohnung (guardian house), and Richard Strauss, who lived here from 1925 to 1944.

After the assassination of the Archduke and his wife in Sarajevo, the Belvedere should serve as the residence of the new heir to the throne, Archduke Karl and his family. This, however, preferred living in Schönbrunn and especially in the villa Wartholz. In 1917, Charles' brother Archduke Maximilian moved with his family into the Belvedere.

During World War II the castle was badly damaged by bombs, but rebuilt after the war ended immediately. On 15 May 1955 was the Marble Hall venue of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. Today, the Upper Belvedere houses important art collections.

Excerpts from

Thus lived the Habsburgs - Imperial and Royal Palaces in the

Austro-Hungarian Monarchy

Ingrid Haslinger, Gerhard Trumler

Christian Brandstätter Verlag mbH

The publishing service for museums, businesses and

public bodies

www.brandstaetter - verlag.at

Denomination of the summer residence which Prince Eugene of Savoy himself had erected btw Rennweg and Swiss Garden. The term which refers to the unique view over Vienna dates from the time of Maria Theresa. Prinz Eugen bought in 1697 a plot of land at the Rennweg, which he extended to 1721 in four stages to the current area. Between 1714 and 1716 emerged the Lower Belvedere It is an elongated ground floor building, designed of a 7-axes central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. The 3-axis central pavilion houses the Marble Hall. The castle the only rarely in Vienna sojourning builder served during the summer months as a pleasure palace.

Only in 1720 commenced construction works for the Upper Belvedere, first drawings for this existed already in 1717. The in it extent and form language compared to the Lower Belvedere especially magnificent Upper Belvedere served primarily as a representative setting for grand receptions and festivities. The architectural history of the example due to the loss of the Eugenianischen Bauarchivs (construction archiv of Prince Eugene) cannot be explored in detail without any gaps. 1723 (according to Rizzi 1721/22) the Upper Belvedere s is considered complete. The architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, who repeatedly worked for Prince Eugen, with the construction of the Belvedere has created his main work. It counts in its multiform architectonic as well as sculptural structure to the most important baroque buildings of the 18th century. The to the ensemble belonging, btw Upper and Lower Belvedere laying garden has been created by the Bavarian horticultural engineer D. Girard and today only in broad terms is original. The designs for the interior of the castle stem from C. le Fort du Plessy.

After the death of the prince the belvedere went into the possession of his sole heiress, Victoria Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She sold it in 1752 to Maria Theresa. At the behest of Joseph II from 1775 the imperial picture gallery was transferred here, which in 1781 for the first time was open to the public. had. Since 1806 was located in the Lower Belvedere the Ambras Collection. Both collections were in 1890 in the Museum of Art History transferred. In 1894, the palace became residence for the heir to the throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

After the first World War I the Republic of Austria in Belvedere installed the Austrian Gallery. 1945 suffered the Belvedere severe war damage. In 1950, the "Gold Cabinet" in the north-eastern corner pavilion of the Upper Belvedere was destroyed by fire and replaced by a copy. The since 1988 ongoing general renovation should have been completed in 1996.

aeiou - the cultural information system of the bm: bwk

14,000 key words and 2000 pictures from history, geography, politics and business in Austria

www.aeiou.at

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

The in the center of Vienna situated Belvedere palaces with their extensive parks form an impressive baroque Gesamtkunstwerk. The Museum in the Upper and Lower Castle

provides an excellent overview of the Austrian Art from the Middle Ages to the present. the collections of the 19th and 20th Century also include an exquisite inventory of international art. World Famous works by Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Renoir and Monet you can see in the upper

Belvedere, from where you can enjoy a spectacular view to the center of Vienna. In the historic rooms of the Lower Belvedere are shown works of art from the Middle Ages and Baroque.

Austrian Gallery Belvedere

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Phone 43 / ( 0) 1 / 79557-0

Fax 43 / (0) 1/79 84 337

Upper Belvedere

Collections of the 19th and 20th century

Prinz Eugen -Strasse 27 , A - 1037 Wien

Lower Belvedere

Baroque Museum, and Museum of Medieval Art

Rennweg 6a, A - 1030 Vienna

www.wien-vienna.at/blickpunkte.php?ID=255

Multiform køkken

Le Tour de France sur le front de 14-18

hommage aux glorieux anciens qui roulaient plus souvent sur des chemins de boue que sur des routes asphaltées.

En 2014, la Grande Boucle rend hommage au centenaire de la Première Guerre mondiale. L'étape du 10 juillet Arras-Reims comprend 90 km dans l'Aisne, dont le Chemin des Dames.

Coucy-le-Château, Anizy, Brancourt-en-Laonnois et Pinon, le peloton entrera sur le fameux Chemin des Dames.

À Pinon Le Tour fera son entrée dans une côte. dans la rue du 52e-RI .

Reims_Un parfum de Paris-Roubaix.

C’est dans la ville des rois de France qu’est jugée l’arrivée de la 6e étape, partie d’Arras pour 194kilomètres. Du Nord-Pas-de-Calais à la Champagne-Ardennes,

il n’y a que du plat et le sprint paraît inévitable.

D’ailleurs, les trois derniers vainqueurs à Reims s’appellent Alessandro Petacchi (2010), Robbie McEwen (2002) et Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (1991) : trois fusées.

Tout le monde sur le pont à Reims pour le Tour de France ...

Le Tour de France est une manifestation qui demande l’implication de tous les services de la Ville

La pose de barrières reste la mission la plus prenante pour les agents municipaux.

le Tour de France est une très grosse « machine » qui demande une logistique considérable.

Si la société ASO (Amaury sport organisation) a ses propres équipes qui suivent tout le parcours pendant les 22 jours de la compétition,

les villes étapes doivent elles aussi accompagner le mouvement.

la ligne d’arrivée.

Dans la zone d’arrivée, sous la houlette du directeur de site, des barrières hautes sont posées autour de la "zone technique",

d’où émettent les camions radio et les télévisions. Doublet travaille depuis un an à la conception de barrières "repousse public" dotées d’arches,

qui empêcheront toute main de percuter malencontreusement un coureur. Suite à la chute de Laurent Jalabert à Armentières d’ailleurs,

les barrières ne laissent plus dépasser aucun panneau publicitaire. La réclame est directement intégrée à la clôture.

La caravane publicitaire

La caravane publicitaire, créée en 1930, s’est développée considérablement au fil des années, pour accueillir plus de 180 véhicules en 2012.

Le défilé d’ouverture, festif et créatif, a su conquérir les marques et le public, jusqu’à devenir une composante essentielle au spectacle du Tour

LCL, qui sera toujours parrain du maillot jaune du leader du classement général du Tour de France, comme c'est le cas depuis 1987.

La caravane publicitaire du Tour Alsace part une heure avant les coureurs. Elle est composée d'une quinzaine de véhicules publicitaires

et suit le parcours officiel du Tour. Elle distribue une multitude de goodies aux spectateurs au bord des routes.

47 % des spectateurs viennent en priorité pour la caravane

Le succès de la formule, avec un défilé de véhicules originaux qui « font de la réclame », en distribuant des cadeaux, est immédiat.

Les premiers annonceurs, comme la Vache qui rit, y gagnent la sympathie du public, qui se prête volontiers au jeu. Quatre-vingts ans plus tard,

la caravane publicitaire est devenue une composante à part entière du spectacle du Tour. Indissociable de la course qu’elle précède, la procession multiforme et multicolore

offre une animation de plus de 45 minutes. Jeunes et moins jeunes commentent sur le bord des routes la taille et l’inventivité des chars ; on s’y presse pour demander des cadeaux…

Au total, une étude réalisée auprès du public du Tour révèle que 47 % des spectateurs sont venus en priorité pour voir la caravane publicitaire.

lancer de saucissons Cochonou à la foule en délire.

Cochonou, la marque de saucissons distribuera bien sûr encore bobs et saucissons au bord de la route depuis ses fameuses 2CV, mais sera également présent sur internet,

avec son blog Cochonou et Vous tenu depuis quelques années par Thibault (qui avait repris le flambeau d'Adeline).

Le garage virtuel CochonouOriginalité cette année, la possibilité de créer sa propre 2CV dans le garage virtuel Cochonou et peut-être même la gagner et la tester pour

la première fois sur la célèbre Avenue des Champs-Elysées lors de l'arrivée de la dernière étape du Tour à Paris !

Le jeu-concours est ouvert jusqu'au 31 juillet mais le grand gagnant de la 2CV sera désigné le 15 juillet prochain sachant que par la suite on peut gagner l'un des autres

lots du jeu (2CV Cochonou miniatures, bobs, porte-clés et sacs cabas).

Vittel, l'eau officiel du Tour de France innove cette année en permettant à d'ordinaires spectateurs du Tour d'en devenir acteur !

ŠKODA qui reste parrain du maillot blanc de meilleur jeune et qui est toujours à la recherche des meilleures animations pour vous permettre, vous en tant que fan du Tour,

de remporter des prix avec le ŠKODA Fan Tour.

Il y a quelques mois, &ScaronKODA a d'ailleurs prolongé son contrat de partenariat avec A.S.O. et donc entre autres avec le Tour de France, jusqu'en 2018.

Banette a reconduit son partenariat pour 4 ans, jusqu'en 2017, et distribuera toujours des milliers de tartines préparées par les artisans boulangers Banette de la région alors

que la caravane continue à distribuer différents goodies et des bons de réduction. Banette communiquera sur son Tour de France sur sa page Facebook.

McCain, le producteur de frites surgelées, a rejoint le Tour en tant que fournisseur officiel pendant 3 ans et sera présent dans la caravane publicitaire du Tour avec un char-tracteur et 3 véhicules légers.

Belin fournira toujours l'apéro, mais ne valorise pas vraiment son partenariat. La seule chose qu'on peut donc vous dire, c'est que "les super z'héros" rejoignent la caravane de Belin :

Du samedi 5 juillet au dimanche 27 juillet 2014, le 101e Tour de France comprendra 21 étapes pour une distance de 3 664 kilomètres.