Gartenpalais Liechtenstein
Palace at Fürstengasse in Vienna, Austria
The Gartenpalais Liechtenstein (eng.: Liechtenstein Garden Palace) is a baroque palace on Fürstengasse in Vienna's 9th district, Alsergrund. The palace is owned by the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, rulers of Liechtenstein. It sits on the southern end of the Liechtensteinpark.
Until 2011, the palace was home to the Liechtenstein Museum. The building was renamed "Gartenpalais Liechtenstein" to distinguish it from the Stadtpalais Liechtenstein in the Innere Stadt.
History
The Gartenpalais was built during the reign of Prince Johann Adam Andreas von Liechtenstein, who had acquired a plot in the Rossau suburb. He commissioned its design and construction from Domenico Egidio Rossi; the shell was finished in 1700.[1] Artists Marcantonio Franceschini, Antonio Bellucci, Andrea Pozzo, and Johann Michael Rottmayr contributed to the décor in the palace. The palace, designed as a mix of a city and country house in the Roman style, was completed in the early 1700s.
Garden
The garden was laid out in the style of a classic Baroque garden. The vases and statues were sculpted by local resident Giovanni Giuliani according to plans by Giuseppe Mazza.
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