Stadtpalais Liechtenstein - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Stadtpalais Liechtenstein (City Palace), a residential building at Bank Gasse 9, in the I. district of Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

's Innere Stadt

Innere Stadt

The Innere Stadt is the 1st municipal District of Vienna . The Innere Stadt is the old town of Vienna. Until the city boundaries were expanded in 1850, the Innere Stadt was congruent with the city of Vienna...

, is one of two palaces in Vienna belonging to the Princely Family of Liechtenstein

Princely Family of Liechtenstein

The Liechtenstein dynasty, from which the principality takes its name, is the family which reigns by constitutional, hereditary right over the nation of Liechtenstein...

. The palace was built during the period of 1692 to 1705 by the Italian architect Domenico Martinelli

Domenico Martinelli

Domenico Martinelli was an Italian architect who worked for Carlo Fontana during 1678. He was an evident figure in the shaping of Baroque style in the North Alps. In 2010 a musical tribute called "Project Martinelli" was performed to him in Munich.-Biography:He was born in Lucca, Tuscany and...

and the Swiss architect Gabriel de Gabrieli.

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