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Schloss Belvedere

Unteres Belvedere and Orangerie III., Rennweg 6 A
Oberes Belvedere: III., Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27
Tel. 79 55 70
Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm. Garden: 6am until sunset.

Since its thorough restoration, this castle has been breaking all attendance records. The Unteren Belvedere (lower Belvedere) , rather sober-looking, was completed in 1716 (p.19) as the residence of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Austrian history’s most successful general. His art collection was housed here also. At present one can admire baroque art there. The magnificent Oberes Belvedere (upper Belvedere) was intended to be a State Palace and was fitted out by Emperor Joseph II as the imperial portrait gallery. From 1894 this was the residence of Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand when he was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914. In 1955 the Marmorsaal (Marble Hall) saw the signing of the State Treaty whereby Austria ceased to be subject to Allied supervision. Here you can now look at art from the 19th and 20th centuries displayed in the Österreichische Galerie. The Museum Mittelalerlicher Österreichischer Kunst (Museum of Medieval Austrian Art) is housed in the Orangery.

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