- Type
- Palace / château
- Built
- 1700 · 17th century
- Style
- Baroque
- Architect
- Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
- Coordinates
- 47.8193°, 12.9921°
History
In 1700 Prince-Archbishop Johann Ernst von Thun of Salzburg began building a summer residence to designs by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. Work stopped after his death in 1709 and was only completed in 1732 by Archbishop Leopold Anton von Firmian. After the archbishopric was secularised, the palace passed to the Habsburgs. During the Second World War Hitler used it as a guest house for state visitors, and after the war it served the US Army. Since 1993 it has housed a casino.
What to see
The palace stands in a large park west of Salzburg, in the municipality of Wals-Siezenheim. Its elegant façade has a balustrade and a double ramp of steps leading up to the piano nobile. The interiors are mainly open to casino guests, while the park also holds a smaller pavilion, the Hoyos-Schlössl, and buildings of a hotel management school. A walk in the park gives good views of the exterior.
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