Palais des Beaux Arts

The Palais des Beaux Arts is an Art Nouveau building at Löwengasse 47-47A in 's third district, , that currently houses the embassies of the and the , as well as the Palais des Beaux Arts Wien, an artist-run art institution and place of remembrance.
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  • Type: Office building
  • Description: building in Landstraße, Austria
  • Also known as: “Palais des Beaux Arts, Vienna”, “Palais des Beaux-Arts”, and “Wohn- und Geschäftshaus, Palais des Beaux-Arts”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hundertwasserhaus and Museum of Art Fakes.

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The is an apartment house in , Austria, completed in 1985, after the idea and concept of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

Museum
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The is a museum of faked and forged artworks that opened in , in 2005. This small, privately run museum in the district, founded by Diana Grober and Christian Rastner, describes itself as "the world's only genuine art forgery museum"… is situated 140 metres northwest of Palais des Beaux Arts.

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is a house in the modernist style on the Kundmanngasse, Vienna, Austria. It "shows remarkably similar characteristics in its obsession with detail and complete disregard for the requirements of the people who are expected to live within it." The house was commissioned by Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein, who asked the architect Paul Engelmann to design a townhouse for her. is situated 360 metres south of Palais des Beaux Arts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pratercottage and Landstraße.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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is the third district of , the largest of the inner districts. While most tourists arriving by air end up at on their train from the airport, many head immediately towards the ring and .

Locality
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The , often simply known as the Prater, is an amusement park located in , , established in 1895. Situated south-east of the city centre within the larger , a park in the district of , it is home to the iconic , one of Vienna's most recognisable landmarks.

Palais des Beaux Arts

Latitude
48.2067° or 48° 12′ 24″ north
Longitude
16.39433° or 16° 23′ 40″ east
Inception
1909
Levels
5
Roof shape
gambrel
Open location code
8FWR694V+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 181770323
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Wiki­data ID
Q2047267
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