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View of the imperial library at Josephsplatz (1835) The Prunksaal, center of the old imperial library. The Prunksaal (English: State Hall) is the central structure of the old imperial library and part of the Hofburg palace. The wing is located in-between Josephsplatz to the north and the Burggarten to the south.
Prunksaal: allegory of peace and heaven. Ceiling painting made by Daniel Gran (1694-1757) finished in 1730. Prunksaal: allegory of war and law. Ceiling painting made by Daniel Gran (1694-1757) finished in 1730. Daniel Gran (22 May 1694 in Vienna – 16 April 1757 in Sankt Pölten), was an Austrian painter. His pictures ornament several public ...
Prunksaal ("hall of splendor"), part of today's Austrian National Library, in the space of the former Imperial Library, of which Van Swieten was head. On his return to Vienna in 1777, Van Swieten was appointed as the prefect of the Imperial Library, a post which had been vacant for five years since his father's death. [3]
The library museum suffered catastrophic damage in the 1848 battle for Vienna, with the zoological collection being completely destroyed by cannon fire. To the left of the Prunksaal is the Augustinian wing of the Austrian National Library and the Augustinian Church , the oldest building on the square. [ 2 ]
In these first ten years in Vienna, he slowly developed a personal style with a refined elegance, especially after his trip to Italy (1720–1722). In 1738, Lorenzo Mattielli was invited to Dresden by king August III , who was married to Maria Josepha , daughter of emperor Joseph I and a long-time Maecenas of Mattielli.
According to preliminary data for the first half of 2010, Vienna is already past the bottom of the crisis and visitor numbers are rising again. In 2013, Vienna was ranked the world’s most livable city for the fifth consecutive year, playing host to 5.8 million tourists, a growth of over four percent as compared to 2012. [2]
Vienna: Moritz Perles. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Hundert Jahre Franz Josef's Land: Katalog einer Ausstellung im Prunksaal der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (Vienna 1973). Andreas Pöschek: Geheimnis Nordpol. Die Österreichisch-Ungarische Nordpolexpedition 1872-1874. - Wien: 1999 (download as PDF) Barr, William (2011).
the National Library of Austria (two pairs of 110cm diameter globes are on display in the Prunksaal) a pair in the Globe Museum in Vienna, in the library of Stift Melk, in Trier, Prague, Paris, the British Library, London (celestial globe only), Washington D.C., the Palazzo Poggi in Bologna (terrestrial globe only), Palazzo Sacchetti in Rome,