Built as a summer palace for Prince Eugene of Savoy the Belvedere is a complex of baroque palaces, an orangery, stables and parkland. It is now a museum of art, housing world class exhibitions. and it is designated a world heritage site.
At one point the upper Belverdere as seen in these images was the home of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the imperial throne. Following his assassination and the start of the first world war the palace complex was nationalised and became home for collections and exhibitions of modern art.
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