Gloriette
A gloriette is a building in a garden erected on a site that is elevated with respect to the surroundings. The structural execution and shape can vary greatly, often in the form of a pavilion or tempietto, more or less open on the sides.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Garden
- Description: park feature, often a type of pavillion
- Also known as: “gloriette”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gloriette and Schönbrunn Zoo.
Schönbrunn Zoo
Zoo
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Schönbrunn Zoo is a 17-hectare zoo in the city of Vienna, Austria. Established in 1752, it is the world's oldest zoo still in operation. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, being a part of the Schönbrunn Palace gardens.
Schonbrunn Palace
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Schönbrunn Palace was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers, located in Hietzing, the 13th district of Vienna. The name Schönbrunn has its roots in an artesian well from which water was consumed by the court.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grünberg and Kabelwerk.
Siedlung Lockerwiese
Neighborhood
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Siedlung Lockerwiese is a neighborhood.
Gloriette
- Categories: garden pavilion, tourist attraction, monument, memorial, and garden structure
- Location: Hietzing, Vienna, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Gloriette” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غلوريت”
- Chinese: “觀景亭”
- Croatian: “Glorijet”
- Czech: “gloriet”
- Czech: “Gloriet”
- Dutch: “gloriëtte”
- Dutch: “Gloriëtte”
- Estonian: “Gloriette”
- French: “gloriette”
- French: “Gloriette”
- German: “Gloriette”
- Hungarian: “gloriette”
- Hungarian: “Gloriette”
- Italian: “Gloriette”
- Japanese: “グロリエッテ”
- Lithuanian: “Glorijetė”
- Persian: “اتاق باغ”
- Polish: “glorieta”
- Polish: “Glorieta”
- Polish: “glorietta”
- Portuguese: “caramanchão”
- Portuguese: “Caramanchão”
- Romanian: “Glorietă”
- Russian: “Глориетта”
- Slovenian: “glorieta”
- Spanish: “cenador”
- Spanish: “Cenador”
- Spanish: “glorieta”
- Swedish: “gloriette”
- Swedish: “Gloriette”
- Turkish: “gloriette”
- Turkish: “Gloriette”
- Ukrainian: “Глорієтта”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fasangarten and Hietzing.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Maria Theresa Barracks and Hietzing Cemetery.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gloriette”. Photo: Diana Ringo, CC BY-SA 3.0.