Login

Schonbrunn Palace And Garden

Empress Sisi's Summer Residence

Schönbrunn Palace, the royal palace of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Habsburgs, was built with more than 1,400 rooms, including banquet halls, royal bedrooms and an orangery. Its gardens on the south side feature numerous fountains and sculptures.

The Schönbrunn Palace, royal palace of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Habsburg Family, was built in 1742, with its symbolic yellow facade.

The Schönbrunn Palace has 1,441 rooms, including the Banquet Hall, the Royal Bedchamber, the Porcelain Room and Orangery, with only forty rooms open for tours. The famous Princess Sisi also lived for a time in the Schönbrunn Palace after her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria in 1854.

Manywhere Trivia:
Princess Sisi had an unhappy life: imprisoned by her royal life, suffered anorexia, watched her daughter and son die, and assassinated by a mob.

The two-million-square-meter garden on the south of the Schönbrunn Palace is a typical French garden with a large number of fountains and sculptures, featuring the famous Neptune Fountain facing the flowerbeds behind the Schönbrunn Palace.

Continuing south along the axis, there is a Gloriette sitting at the top of the Hill. This neoclassical building was destroyed during World War II and has been restored as a café in the garden, providing a romantic retreat. The Viewing Platform in Front of the Gloriette about 60 meters above sea level offers panoramic views of the Schönbrunn Palace and gardens, also the city of Vienna.

Neptune Fountain

In the western part of the Schönbrunn Palace Gardens, the Palm House with Glass Exterior breeds 4,500 species of plants and is one of the largest greenhouses in the world. The nearby Schönbrunn Palace Zoo was built in 1752, thanks to the strong support of Emperor Franz I.

The Roman Ruin on the east side of the garden is a man-made landscape, creating a crumbling ruin, with broken arches and porticoes as if they had survived 2,000 years. The Obelisk Fountain next to the Roman Ruin was also completed in the 18th century, symbolizes the dominance of the Habsburg dynasty.