Modensky Palace

The Palace of Modensky is a magnificent monument of architecture of the XVII century. The former residence of the Modena branch of the influential Habsburg House, located in the central part of Vienna.

The original appearance of the residence was in the Renaissance style, but later the residence was rebuilt in favor of the prevailing classical style.

The Modena branch of the (younger) famous and influential Habsburg dynasty was formed by representatives of the Habsburgs - Lorraines, who, having intermarried with the Dukes of Modena (House d'Este), received a dynastic possession of the Duchy of Modena (modern Italy) and ruled there as absolute monarchs.

This branch of the dynasty in direct inheritance through the male line was suppressed in 1879. One of the many side representatives of this branch was the notorious Archduke Franz Ferdinand, declared heir to the thrones of Austria and Hungary as a result of a dynastic conflict, due to the death of his son Franz Joseph and the emperor's family conflict with the head of the Base Branch (Tuscan). In 1914, the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed in Sarajevo, which, in fact, served as the reason for the First World War.

The palace is now the headquarters of the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior.