Marble Hall (Vienna)

Austria / Wien / Vienna / Rennweg
 Baroque (architecture), interior designer
Originally guests would have been welcomed with great ceremony in the Lower Belvedere’s two-storey Marble Hall. The walls’ structuring has been borrowed from the architecture of triumphal arches while war trophies and prisoners allude to Eugene’s successes as an imperial commander. By contrast, the oval shaped plaster medallions showing scenes from the life of Apollo recall the prince’s aesthetic interests. The ceiling fresco by Martino Altomonte depicts Apollo in a sun chariot. Eugene is represented as a nude hero as Mercury announces gifts from the pope honouring the prince’s achievements at the battle of Peterwardein in 1716.

www.belvedere.at/bel_en/belvedere/lower_belvedere
The place is located in Lower Belvedere (Unteres Belvedere)
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Coordinates:   48°11'49"N   16°22'44"E
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