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Neighborhood: 3rd district - Landstraße
Nearest Train: Oberes Belvedere: Tram D
Phone: +43 1 79 5570
Fax: +43 1 798 4337
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The Belvedere comprises two magnificent baroque mansions facing each other across a sloping formal garden. Prince Eugène of Savoy, whose campaigns against the Turks enabled the Habsburg Empire to reclaim Hungary, purchased some land beyond the city walls in 1693, upon which he ordered a park with elaborate water features and fountains to be built. In 1714, the Prince had Lukas von Hildebrandt build the Lower Belvedere for his personal use with its beautiful Marmorsaal (marble hall), the Prunkgalerie and the marvelous Spiegelsaal (mirror hall). In 1721, Hildebrandt started with the construction of the Upper Belvedere, purposely built for the prince's lavish masked balls, receptions and firework displays. The Audienzsaal (reception room), Spiegelkabinett (mirror cabinet), Kunstgalerie (arts gallery), Konferenzsaal (conference hall) and Kaffeezimmer (coffee room) can all be visited today. The complex of the Upper Belvedere now houses one of Austria's most popular galleries (Galerie im Oberen Belvedere) with a huge collection of paintings by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka.
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Herbert Boeckl - RetrospectiveOct 1st, 2009 to Jan 17th, 2010
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sucks ballz
dont go there because there are gay people trying to go to bed with you!...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from on Sep 25 2008
Put this One on Your List
Everything about this Palace is awesome, and the art inside isn't bad, either!...
Reviewed by:celticgal_100 from on Jan 13 2008
The Belvedere
This place was a nice place to visit and take it easy. It was a large place and a nice place to walk...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from Hungary/Los Angeles on Dec 28 2006
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