back to overview
 
602 photos
Facade of Opocno Palace (1567), rebuilt from the original Gothic stronghold. The cylindrical Gothic bastion was preserved during the Renaissance reconstruction.
#14020313

Facade of Opocno Palace (1567), rebuilt from the original Gothic strongho...

Sala terrena, Lobkowitz Palace, Prague, built by Giovanni Alliprandi (1705).
#14020315

Sala terrena, Lobkowitz Palace, Prague, built by Giovanni Allipr...

Lobkowitz Palace, Prague, built by G. Alliprandi (1705).
#14020316

Lobkowitz Palace, Prague, built by G. Alliprandi (...

Staircase in the Augustusburg Palace, built for the Prince Elector Archbishop Clemens August of Cologne (1743).
#14020317

Staircase in the Augustusburg Palace, built for the Prince Ele...

Ceiling above the staircase (1743), Augustusburg Palace, Bruehl.
#14020318

Ceiling above the staircase (1743), Augustusburg Palace, Bru...

The guards hall, ceiling fresco (1743). Apotheosis of the House of Wittelsbach, Augustusburg Palace, Bruehl.
#14020319

The guards hall, ceiling fresco (1743). Apotheosis of the House...

Falkenlust Castle near Bruehl, designed as a hunting lodge for Prince Elector Clemens August, Archbishop of Cologne (1729-1740).
#14020327

Falkenlust Castle near Bruehl, designed as a hunting lodge for Prince Elector...

Lacquer room, portrait above chimney: Prince Elector Clemens August in his dressing-gown holding a cup of tea (around 1740), Falkenlust Castle, Bruehl.
#14020328

Lacquer room, portrait above chimney: Prince Elector Clemens A...

Entrance gate of Schlosshof, Lower Austria. In 1725, Prince Eugene of Savoy acquired the medieval fortress Hoff on the March River and had Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt rebuild it in Baroque style, 1725-1729
#14020333

Entrance gate of Schlosshof, Lower Austria. In 1725, Prince Eugene o...

Room in Franzensfeste Palace in Laxenburg, Austria. Emperor Franz II had a Neo-Gothic palace built in the park of Laxenburg near Vienna, 1798-1801.Furniture and panelled ceilings came from other castles,palaces and monasteries.See also 14-03-04/26
#14020359

Room in Franzensfeste Palace in Laxenburg, Austria. Emperor Franz II had a N...

"Hungarian coronation room", Franzenfeste, Laxenburg. Art-work was collected from different castles and monasteries to decorate this room (after 1801). The Renaissance ceiling comes from Eger in Bohemia. See also 14-03-04/26
#14020360

"Hungarian coronation room", Franzenfeste, Laxenburg. Art-work was collected f...

Mirror Gallery at Herrenchiemsee Palace, built 1879-1881 by order of Ludwig II of Bavaria in homage to Ludwig XIV on Herrenchiemsee Island in Chiemsee Lake, Bavaria.
#14020362

Mirror Gallery at Herrenchiemsee Palace, built 1879-1881 by order...