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Schonbrunn Palace is north of Sierndorf in a park in Vienna, Austria, along with the Chapel of St. John Nepomuk in an open field. The palace has been a major tourist attraction in Vienna since 1860, and is one of the most important cultural monuments in Austria. It gains its name from an artesian well that the court would drink from. The land was used as a royal recreational and hunting ground, and between 1638 and 1643 a palace was added, but it and other buildings on the land were destroyed by the Turkish siege in 1683. Nobody restored them.



There are 32 sculptures along the edges of the Great Parterre. The Great Parterre, or Great Ground Floor, lays between the palace and the Neptune well. The French garden has a maze built into it. After the decline of the monarchy in 1918, the Austrian Republic preserved the rooms and chambers of the palace as a museum. During World War II, the Allied Occupation of Austria used the Schonbrunn Palace to provide headquarters for the British Military garrison that was present in Vienna, as well as Allied Commission for Austria. The Schonbrunn Palace would make for an interesting destination while on vacation in Vienna! Book a hotel nearby and you will have the benefits of seeing the palace as well as other attractions in the immediate area surrounding!


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