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Hofburg Palace In Austria
Hofburg Palace is a palace located in Vienna, Austria, that has housed some of the most powerful people in European and Austrian history, including the Habsburg dynasty, rulers of the Austro-HungarianEmpire. It currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria. It was the Habsburgs' principal winter residence, as theSchönbrunn Palace was their preferred summer residence.
The Hofburg area has been the documented seat of government since 1279 for various empires and republics.
The Hofburg has been expanded over the centuries to include various residences (with theAmalienburg), the Imperial Chapel (Hofkapelle or Burgkapelle), theNaturhistorisches Museum
and Kunsthistorisches Museum
, the Austrian National Library
(Hofbibliothek), the Imperial Treasury
(Schatzkammer), the Burgtheater
, the Spanish Riding School
(Hofreitschule), the Imperial Horse Stables (Stallburg and Hofstallungen), and the Hofburg Congress Center.
The Hofburg faces the Heldenplatz ordered under the reign of Emperor Francis Joseph, as part of what was to become a Kaiserforum that was never completed.
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| Leopoldinischer Trakt of Vienna Hofburg |
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| The Reichskanzleitrakt of the Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna |
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| Josefsplatz in Vienna with monument of Emperor Joseph II. and the Austrian National Library |
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| Concert of the Vienna Hofburg Orchestra in the Festsaal of Vienna's Hofburg Palace (2007) |
The Hofburg Palace is so popular and famous that it was the main motif of one of the most famous silver collectors' coins: the 20 euro Renaissance commemorative coin.
The coin shows the "Swiss Gate" of the palace. This gate bears Ferdinand I's coat-of-arms and titles. It is flanked by two soldiers of the period as a reminder of the unsettled times which saw Vienna besieged by Turkish armies in 1529, as well as the struggles between Protestants and Catholics during the Reformation.
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