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Michael A. Stecker
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 Schonbrunn Palace - Gloriette
Gloriette is an observation platform at the very
top of a hill on the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. It is set
behind the palace's beautiful
Baroque park with its enormous formal flower beds, arbors, statuary, and fountains. Here too you will find Tierpark and the oldest zoo in the world (built in 1752 by Maria Theresa for her husband, Franz Stephan). The Gloriette was built by Ferdinand von Hohenberg. This triumphal arch with colonnade, celebrated the victories of Maria-Theresa over the Prussians of Frederic the Great. . |
. Schonbrunn Palace garden |