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y Belvedere

The Belvedere was built as the summer
residence of Prince Eugene of Savoy by Johann
Lukas von Hildebrandt. A brilliant military commander
whose strategies helped vanquish the Turks
in 1683, the prince became a favourite
at the Austrian court and with the
people. Situated on a gently sloping
hill, the Belvedere consists of two palaces
linked by a formal garden designed in the
French style by Dominique Girard. The garden
is laid out on three levels, each conveying a
complicated series of classical allusions:
the lower part represents the domain of the
Four Elements, the centre is Parnassus and
the upper section Mount Olympus.

Chapel
Prince Eugene’s
former chapel is
now part of a gallery
with works by
Caspar David
Friedrich, F. G.
Waldmüller,
Edvard Munch,
Renoir and Monet.

Main entrance leading
. Gustav Klimt to Lower Belvedere
Collection
Klimt’s portrait of
the Old Testament
figure of Judith I
(1901, left) and
his famous The Kiss Figures from the
(1907–8) hang Providentia Fountain
in this superb (1739)
collection. The original lead
figures that Georg
Raphael Donner made
for the Providentia
Fountain in Neuer
Markt are displayed
in the Marble Hall; this
central statue shows
Providence. The figures
that now stand in the
market are copies.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp293–4 and pp313–14

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