Hermesvilla
Hermesvilla is a palace in the Lainzer Tiergarten in Vienna, a former hunting area for the Habsburg nobility. Emperor Franz Joseph I gave it to his wife Empress Elisabeth, and he called it the "castle of dreams.“ The name of the villa refers to a statue of Hermes made of white marble that is located in the garden of the villa.Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: villa and museum in Vienna
- Also known as: “Villa Hermes”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hermesvilla Tilgnerbrunnen and Hermesvilla Hermesstatue.
Hermesvilla Tilgnerbrunnen
Work of art
Photo: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hermesvilla Tilgnerbrunnen is a work of art.
Hermesvilla Hermesstatue
Work of art
Photo: Einer flog zu Weit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hermesvilla Hermesstatue is a work of art.
Sulzstöcklwiese
Meadow
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Friedensstadt and Kongresssiedlung.
Siedlung Auhofer Trennstück
Neighborhood
Photo: Funke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Siedlung Auhofer Trennstück is a neighborhood.
Hermesvilla
- Categories: villa, castle, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Hietzing, Vienna, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.1707° or 48° 10′ 15″ northLongitude
16.24616° or 16° 14′ 46″ eastInception
1886Operator
Wien MuseumOpen location code
8FWR56CW+7FOpenStreetMap ID
way 26385157OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q204129
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Hermesvilla” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Հերմեսվիլլա”
- Belarusian: “Віла Гермес”
- Bulgarian: “Вила Хермес”
- Chinese: “赫耳墨斯別墅”
- Chinese: “赫耳墨斯别墅”
- Czech: “Hermesvilla”
- Dutch: “Hermesvilla”
- Finnish: “Hermesvilla”
- French: “villa Hermès”
- French: “Villa Hermès”
- German: “Hermesvilla und bauliche Gartengestaltung”
- German: “Hermesvilla”
- German: “Wien Museum. Hermesvilla”
- Hungarian: “Hermész-villa”
- Ido: “Hermesvilla”
- Italian: “Hermesvilla”
- Japanese: “ヘルメスヴィラ”
- Portuguese: “Villa Hermés”
- Russian: “Вилла Гермес”
- Spanish: “Hermesvilla”
- Ukrainian: “Вілла Гермес”
- Ukrainian: “Гермесвілла”
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