Pallavicini Palace

The palace was built in 1784 by architect Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg and was originally part of the imperial convent. In its original form, the palace was the first purely neoclassical facade in Vienna, a model for other palaces in this style.

Subsequently, the property of the former monastery was sold to banker Johann von Free, who demolished the old palace building in 1783. The new building was built as a palace for the Von Free family.

Representatives of the noble Italo-Austrian Pallavicini family have owned this palace since 1842, when the building was sold to the bankrupt von Fri family and bought by the Marquis Alfons Pallavicini.

Johann von Free’s two sons, Josef and Moritz, were passionate collectors. More than 300 paintings, etchings and an extensive collection of sculptures were collected at the palace, as well as a library of 16,000 volumes.

Part of the palace was originally designed as a residential building with apartments for rent. Now apartments are offered to tourists as hotel rooms at very high prices. These rooms are distinguished by magnificent stucco on the ceilings and walls, mirrors, tapestries, chandeliers in the pompous Baroque style.

Today, exhibitions and concerts are held in the palace itself. There is an exhibition of the works of Salvador Dali, the annual Christmas Vienna balls are held, weddings, business class events are also possible. For events of this kind, the palace is perfect: luxurious halls in the Baroque and Neo-Rococo style, richly decorated with stucco, mirrors, tapestries, magnificent chandeliers gives a truly royal chic to any event. In the former stables of the palace there is a dance school Elmayer.