Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
World Heritage Site
- Official name
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Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn |
UNESCO
- Country
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Austria |
Map
- Continent
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Europe
- Location
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Vienna
48.1866° Lat, 16.3133° Lon |
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- Code
- 786
- Time Zone
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Europe/Vienna (CET, +0100)
- Current Time
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- Category
- Cultural
- Description
- Inscribed 1996. From the 18th century to 1918, Schönbrunn was the residence of the Habsburg emperors. It was designed by the architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Nicolaus Pacassi and is full of outstanding examples of decorative art. Together with its gardens, the site of the world’s first zoo in 1752, it is a remarkable Baroque ensemble and a perfect example of
Gesamtkunstwerk
.
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