The Pallavicini Palace

lies in the heart of Vienna and forms, together with the imperial Hofburg and the Spanish Riding School, a harmonious setting.

As one of the most interesting palaces in Vienna it has been over the past and still is the place where official receptions for monarchs and heads of state are given by the Austrian government.

The building was erected on the initiative of Count Moritz Fries between the years 1782 and 1784 by the creator of the Gloriette, Ferdinand Hohenberg von Hetzendorf.

In the design of the Pallavicini Palace the rich decoration and the luxuriant play of fantasy typical of the Viennese High Baroque style gave way to a massive size and rigid structure, that are livened up in a subtly charming way by the portal and the Attica.

The caryatides combine magnitude and grace in an ideal way. The reclining figures on the Attica representing presumably trade and liberty are, like the caryatides, the work of Franz Zauner.

Moritz Fries who had the palace built was one of the most important bankers of the time. Only decades after the construction the palace became property of the Pallavicini family. It is therefore amongst those noble palaces that did not get their name from the first owner.

For more than 150 years this magnificent palace has now been the property of the margraves Pallavicini, who still reside there today.