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    Schönbrunn Palace Emperor Leopold I, ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, commissioned a hunting lodge at Schönbrunn ("Beautiful Fountain") on Vienna's outskirts in 1695. What was surprising was the grandiosity of his vision: He ordered Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, the greatest architect of the Baroque Era, to design a palace larger than Versailles. Fortunately for the Austrian Treasury, the emperor balked when the architect's estimate came in, and the Habsburg family settled for a more modest dwelling with only 1,441 rooms.  
    Schönbrunn Palace  
    When his daughter Empress Maria Theresia ascended to the throne in 1740, she had Schönbrunn Palace expanded and redecorated in French Rococo style from 1744 to 1749. The palace was later occupied by Napoleon and surrendered to the Austrian Republic upon the abdication of the last Habsburg emperor, Charles I, in 1918. Today, the restored palace is both a national monument and an apartment house for a number of lucky Viennese. Schönbrunn Palace
    Great Parterre Gloriette
  Great Parterre Gloriette

Schönbrunn Palace is one of Vienna's most popular attractions, receiving some 1.3 million visitors a year.
Millions of people -Viennese citizens as well as tourists-explore the surrounding gardens and Schönbrunn's other attractions, which include a zoo, the Palm House, the Gloriette, a coach museum, cafés, restaurants, classical-music concerts in the Orangerie, a theatre, catered and the inevitable gift shop.

  The Park at Schönbrunn
The Park at Schönbrunn
Schönbrunn Palace Palmhouse Entry Schönbrunn Palace
Entry Schönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunn Palace  
Palmhouse
 
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