After visiting the Belvedere Palace in Vienna yesterday, today I visited another palace in Vienna: Schönbrunn Palace (in German: Schloss Schönbrunn).

The origins of Schönbrunn trace back to 1569, when Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II purchased a large floodplain on the Wien river. Maximilian II ordered the area to be fenced and put game there such as pheasants, ducks, and deer, in order to serve as the court's recreational hunting ground. However, in the Turkish siege of 1683, the buildings were destroyed, and never restored.

The modern Schönbrunn (which means 'beautiful well') came about when Emperor Leopold I ordered the architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach to design a new palace. Construction began in 1696 and was completed by 1699.

The Schönbrunn Palace, as well as the surrounding park with its numerous architectural features, fountains and statues and even the zoo – the oldest of its kind in the world – was placed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in 1996.



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