Upper Belvedere Palace (Vienna)

Austria / Wien / Vienna / Prinz-Eugen-Straße, 27
 palace, museum, listed building / architectural heritage, art museum / art gallery

www.belvedere.at/

In 1720-1723, the Upper Belvedere was built, originally intended simply to provide a suitable end to the main garden axis. The architect was again Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. Once again there is a central Marmorsaal—the site of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty, that formed modern Austria, May 15, 1955—but the Schloss was soon enlarged to provide the main summer residence of Prince Eugene. Its painted ceilings are by Carlo Innocenzo Carlone, with an altarpiece in the chapel by Francesco Solimena.
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Coordinates:   48°11'29"N   16°22'51"E
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