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Yes, 3 of them.
One in Lower Belvedere, one in the Upper Belvedere & one in the Orangery. The Museum of Austrian Medieval Art is housed here. It reminds me of many of the icon-painting I saw in Greece & Portugal. The collection is elaborate & extensive. Of interest are panel paintings & sculptures from 14th-16th century. Leave a Comment
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here is a peep into the upper belvedere...see how richly decorated it is...another thing is to note the grand marble staircase. I was so distracted that I forgotten to take a picture of it.
Also take note there is a nice musuem shop and a cafe to have cakes there. Leave a Comment
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Belvedere was the Baroque residence of Prince General Eugen of Savoy. He was also an art lover and today the Belvedere is an art gallery.
Admission is normally 10am to 6pm and the full ticket is EUR 12.50 Leave a Comment
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I like Belvedere too much! It is REAL palace for me! There is also The Austrian national gallery, where you can see some of the Gustav Climt's paintings (Van Gogh, Monet, Schiele. and Kokoschka also). Leave a Comment Directions: Prinz Eugen strasse; tram "D".
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Located just south of Vienna’s main ring, Schloss Belvedere is one of Vienna’s finest palace complexes. Consisting of two Baroque mansions facing each other across a sloping manicured garden, the palace complex and the nearby botanical gardens are an excellent place to escape the tourist hordes. One ticket allows for entry into both mansions, and the Oberes Belvedere houses Vienna’s finest collection of Klimt paintings among other works.
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The upper Belvedere was built purely as a garden palace although it does have a fair bit of history. The 1955 treaty between Austria and its allies granting Austria its independency was signed in the central hall on the upper floor here. Nowdays, the palace houses a gallery of 19th and 20th century (mainly Austrian) art. There is an impressive number of Klimt and Schiele paintings and works in the collection.
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Belvedere Palace (constructed in the Baroque/Rococo style) was built for Prince Eugene of Savoy as a summer residence. It was one of the major tourists locations, which we wanted to visit. As luck would have it, there weren't many people there, so we had a quiet stroll around the grounds (could also be that it was late in the afternoon on a Sunday).
There are actually two palaces on the Belvedere grounds which house museums featuring Austrian paintings...in the lower palace the "Österreichisches Barockmuseum" (Austrian Museum of Baroque Art) displays Austrian Art of the 18th century, while in the upper palace you can view Austrian painting collections from the 19th and 20th century.
There is no charge to enter the grounds, but there is a fee for going into the museums. So take a look at the website below for detailed information. Leave a Comment
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The lower Belvedere houses a collection of baroque art as well as a stunning room completely laced in gold leaf (see photo) aptly called the golden chamber and a two storey high marble hall. Back when Prince Eugene used to use the Belvedere as his summer residence, the lower Belvedere was the living quarters.
The orangery houses temporary exhibits. When I visited in May 2007 there was an excellent exhibition of garden paintings.
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This baroque palace was built for military strategist Prince Eugene of Savoy, who has a statue at the Heldenplatz at Hofburg. The last person to occupy the palace was Franz Ferdinand, whose assasination started WWI. Belvedere is now a the Austrian Gallery. The website at www.belvedere.at has a ton of information about the history as well as the gallery.
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