Schonbrunn Palace is a large palace in Vienna, Austria, that was one of the principal residences of the Habsburg emperors. The site began as a hunting lodge, and in the seventeenth century the Habsburg empress Eleonora Gonzaga bought it. It was expanded into a grand imperial palace under Leopold I, with plans by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, and then rebuilt under Maria Theresa in the Rococo style, whose yellow facade is now familiar. The six-year-old Mozart played for the empress there. Emperor Franz Joseph was born and died in the palace, and its gardens include one of the oldest zoos in the world. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of Vienna's most visited attractions.
Before and after
- 4 October 1636Battle of Wittstock
- 1637Founding of Taunton
- 1637Descartes publishes La Geometrie: algebra meets geometry
- February 1637Tulip mania peaks in Holland
- 1638Construction of Schönbrunn Palace
- from 1638 to 1651Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- 5 September 1638Birth of Louis XIV of France
- 1639Discovery of Golden Horns of Gallehus
- 22 December 1639Birth of Jean Racine
More in Art, literature & culture
- 15th centuryConstruction of Red Square
- 1600Rise of Baroque music
- 1602Publication of Hamlet
- c. 1653The Taj Mahal is completed
- 17th centuryRise of ukiyo-e
- October 1745Publication of God Save the King
The era
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