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Upper Belvedere

Lower Belvedere

View of the gardens seen from the Upper Belvedere, painted by Canaletto in 1758

Upper Belvedere

The Belvedere is a baroque palace complex built by Prince Eugene of Savoy in the 3rd district of Vienna, south-east of the city centre. Front view of the Upper Belvedere (March 20, 2003). ... Front view of the Upper Belvedere (March 20, 2003). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2300 KB) de: Schloß Belvedere (Untere Belvedere), Wien, Österreich en: Belvedere Palace (Lower Belvedere), Vienna, Austria fr: Palais du Belvédère (Belvédère inférieur), Vienne, Autriche Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux File links The following pages link to... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2300 KB) de: Schloß Belvedere (Untere Belvedere), Wien, Österreich en: Belvedere Palace (Lower Belvedere), Vienna, Austria fr: Palais du Belvédère (Belvédère inférieur), Vienne, Autriche Copyright © 2005 David Monniaux File links The following pages link to... Image File history File links Canaletto_(I)_058. ... Image File history File links Canaletto_(I)_058. ... Bellottos urban scenes have the same carefully drawn realism as his uncles Venetian views but are marked by heavy shadows and are darker and colder in tone and colour. ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 521 pixels Full resolution (1756 × 1144 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 521 pixels Full resolution (1756 × 1144 pixel, file size: 2. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... Prince Eugen von Savoyen in a contemporary painting François-Eugène, Prince of Savoy-Carignan, known as Prinz Eugen von Savoyen in German and Eugenio, Principe di Savoia in Italian (October 18, 1663 – April 24, 1736) was arguable the greatest general to serve the Habsburgs. ... Vienna (German: , see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ...

After buying the plot of land in 1697, Prince Eugene had a large park created. The Schloss Belvedere began as a suburban entertainment villa: in 1714 work began to erect what is now called the Lower Belvedere, not as a palace but as a garden villa, with an orangerie and paintings gallery, with suitable living quarters. The architect was Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, one of the most important architects of the Austrian Baroque, who produced in the complex of buildings his masterwork. He was assisted by the Venetian sculptor Giovanni Stanetti, who had been brought to Vienna by Prince Eugene, with his atelier of assistants; now he also provided properly Italianate sculptural details, such as the figures along the balustrade and garden sculptures. The Lower Belvedere was finished in 1716. The ceiling of its central Marmorsaal ("Marble Hall"), painted by Martino Altomonte, celebrates Prince Eugene as a new Apollo, leader of the Muses. The room also contains an Apotheosis of Prince Eugene sculpted by Balthasar Permoser. To the west lies a State Bedroom (Paradeschlafzimmer) suitable for levées, a room with delicate grottesche in the manner of Jean Bérain, painted by Jonas Drentwett, the marble-gallery stucco-decorations and figures by Domenico Parodi. The inner marble-room with ceiling-paintings by Giacomo del Po from 1720. The Donnersaal has ceiling frescos by Altomonte and feigned architecture by Gaetano Fanti (1716). To the east is a State Dining Room. Events September 11 - Battle of Zenta, Prince Eugene of Savoy crushed Ottoman army of Mustafa II September 20 - The Treaty of Ryswick December 2 – St Pauls Cathedral opened in London Peter the Great travels in Europe officially incognito as artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov Use of palanquins increases in Europe Christopher... The idea and function of a villa has evolved considerably since its invention towards the end of the Roman Republic. ... Battle of Gangut, by Maurice Baquoi, 1724-27. ... The idea and function of a villa has evolved considerably since its invention towards the end of the Roman Republic. ... Categories: Stub ... Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (born in Genoa, 1668, died in Vienna, 1745) was an Italian-trained Austrian architect who designed many stately buildings and churches. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia) is the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... Lycian Apollo, early Imperial Roman copy of a fourth century Greek original (Louvre Museum) In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (Ancient Greek , Apóllōn; or , Apellōn), the ideal of the kouros (a beardless youth), was the archer-god of medicine and healing, light, truth, archery and also a... For other uses see Muse (disambiguation). ... Permosers sculpture in the Nymphenbad, Zwinger Moor with Emeraldplate in Grünes Gewölbe Balthasar Permoser (born in Kammer bei Waging, Salzburg; today a part of bavarian town Traunstein, on 13 August 1651–died in Dresden on 18 February 1732) was among the leading sculptors of his generation[1... There are several people names Jean Bérain: Jean Bérain the Elder (1638-1711) Jean Bérain the Younger (1678-1726) This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

The garden was laid out, enclosed by clipped hedging, even as the Belvedere was building, in the formal French manner with gravelled walks and jeux d'eau by Dominique Girard, who had trained in the gardens of Versailles as a pupil of André Le Nôtre. Its great water basin in the upper parterre and the stairs and cascades peopled by nymphs and goddesses that links upper and lower parterres survive, but the patterned bedding has long been grassed over; it is currently being restored. Jeux deau (Italian giochi daqua) or water games, is an umbrella term in the history of gardens for the water features that were introduced into mid-16th century Mannerist Italian gardens. ... Dominique Girard may refer to Dominique Girard (ambassador), the French ambassador to India Dominuque Girard (architect), a landscape architect This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... The Château de Versailles, or Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles, France. ... Painting of André Le Nôtre by Carlo Maratti André Le Nôtre (March 12, 1613 - September 15, 1700) was a landscape architect and the gardener of King Louis XIV of France from 1645 to 1700. ... A parterre is a formal garden construction on a level surface consisting of planting beds, edged in stone or tightly clipped hedging and gravel paths arranged to form a pleasing pattern. ...

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 Carlone, with an altarpiece in the chapel by Francesco Solimena. Occupation zones in Austria, 1945-1955 The Austrian Independence Treaty (complete form: Treaty for the re-establishment of an independent and democratic Austria, signed in Vienna on the 15 May 1955), more commonly referred to as the Austrian State Treaty (German Staatsvertrag), was signed on May 15, 1955 in Vienna... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Glorification of St Felix and St Adauctus, by Carlo Innocenzo Carlone. ... Solimenas magisterial self-portrait, 1730 Francesco Solimena (Canale di Serino, near Avellino, October 4, 1657— Barra, near Naples, April 3, 1747) was a prolific Italian painter of the Baroque era, one of an established family of painters and draughtsmen. ...

The complex was sold in 1752 to Maria Theresa by the prince's heiress. Maria Theresa first named the schloss "Belvedere". Under the Habsburgs it was further extended. Since 1775, the Belvedere has housed the imperial picture gallery on behalf of Joseph II, and in 1806 the collection of Ambras Palace was moved to the Lower Belvedere as well. Both were transferred to the Museum of Art History (Kunsthistorisches Museum) in 1890. The last to reside here was Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia The worlds most famous coin, a silver thaler of Maria Theresa, dated 1780. ... Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II Joseph II (Joseph Benedict August Johannes Anton Michel Adam) (March 13, 1741 – February 20, 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790. ... Franz Ferdinand links to here. ...

Since World War I, the Austrian Gallery museum resides in the Belvedere. This article is becoming very long. ... The Österreichische Galerie Belvedere is a museum housed in the Belvedere palace, in Vienna, Austria. ...

The building suffered heavy damage during World War II. The Gold Cabinet burnt out and had to be reconstructed. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

The building is currently being given a facelift, with the beautiful restored garden already finished. The work is scheduled to be complete by 2008.

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Belvedere

• Official website (in English)
• Schloss Belvedere; photos and text (in German)
• Giovanni Stanetti (in German)
• Map of The Belvedere