Highlights of Austria | Melk Abbey A vivid yellow Baroque jewel, Melk Abbey, or Stift Melk, is the most famous abbey in Austria. Set high above the River Danube, the abbey is the focal point …
Highlights of Austria | Eggenberg Palace Eggenberg Palace, also known as Schloss Eggenberg Eggenberg Palace, also known as Schloss Eggenberg, is an elegant Baroque palace located on the edge of the city of Graz in the Austrian …
Highlights of Austria | Belvedere Palace Belvedere Palace (Schloss Belvedere) is a masterpiece of Baroque architecture and as much as piece of art as the impressive works housed in its interior. The large complex actually …
Highlights of Austria | Schönbrunn Palace Schonbrunn Palace, also referred to as Schoenbrunn Palace, is Vienna’s most popular attraction and it is not hard to see why. The opulent summer palace of the Habsburgs is …
Music and the Austrian Habsburgs Members of the Habsburg royal family circa 1764. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (r. 1745-1765), Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress (r. 1740-1780), and their eleven children. Their daughters Marie Antoinette …