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Video about the Japanese Garden in the park of Schoenbrunn Palace (in English) Hassmann, Elisabeth (2004). Von Katterburg zu Schönbrunn. Wien: Böhlau. ISBN 978-3-205-77215-6. Pfeifer, N.; Rottensteiner, G. (2001). The Riegl laser scanner for the survey of the interiors of Schönbrunn Palace (PDF). Fifth Conference on Optical. pp. 571– 8.
The Hofburg (German: [hoːf.buʁk]) is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria. Located in the center of Vienna, it was built in the 13th century by Ottokar II. of Bohemia and expanded several times afterwards. It also served as the imperial winter residence, as Schönbrunn Palace was the summer
UNESCO catalogued Schönbrunn Palace together with its gardens on the World Heritage List in 1996, as a remarkable Baroque ensemble and example of synthesis of the arts (Gesamtkunstwerk). The whole Schönbrunn complex with Tiergarten Schönbrunn , Palmenhaus, Wüstenhaus and the Wagenburg, accounted for more than five million visitors in 2010.
Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn 2019. Summer Night Concert Schönbrunn (German: Sommernachtskonzert) is an annual free entry outdoor concert in Vienna held by the Vienna Philharmonic. The venue for the concert is the Schönbrunn Palace. [1] It has telecast on PBS in the United States as part of the series Great Performances. [2]
In the 17th century, theatrical performances were held occasionally at the park of Schloss Schönbrunn. Maria Theresa commissioned Nicolò Pacassi in 1745 to build an imperial theatre in a wing of the palace, as one of the first palace theatres in Europe. [1] It was opened on 4 October 1747, the name day of her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman ...
Altes Schloss in Laxenburg. Laxenburg castles are imperial palaces and castles outside Vienna, in the town of Laxenburg owned in equal parts by Vienna and Lower Austria. [1] The castles became a Habsburg possession in 1333 and formerly served as a summer retreat, along with Schönbrunn palace, for the imperial Habsburg dynasty.
The sculptures in the Schönbrunn Garden at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria were created between 1773 and 1780 under the direction of Johann Wilhelm Beyer, a German artist and garden designer. The Great Parterre of Schönbrunn Garden is lined on both sides with 32 over life-size sculptures that represent mythological deities and virtues.
The largest and probably best-known gloriette is in the Schönbrunn Palace garden in Vienna.Built in 1775 as the last building constructed in the garden according to the plans of Austrian imperial architect Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg as a "temple of renown" to serve as both a focal point and a lookout point for the garden, it was used as a dining hall and festival hall as well ...