Palais Coburg
Palais Coburg—also known as Palais Saxe-Coburg—turns a former defensive bastion into high Neoclassical ceremony. Designed in 1839 by Karl Schleps, it is built from 1840 to 1845 on top of the Braunbastei, a segment of Vienna’s city fortifications dating to 1555. The palace was commissioned by Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and it became closely tied to the Kohary branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Locally it’s nicknamed the Spargelburg, or “castle of asparagus,” for the dense forest of freestanding columns framing its central portico. Its last private resident was Sarah Aurelia Halasz, the morganatic widow of Prince Philipp Sachsen-Coburg, who lived here with her family—before the owners sold the palace in the 1970s. After extensive renovations, it reopened as a luxury five-star boutique hotel with 33 suites. …
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