Palais Liechtenstein (Gartenpalais)
The Gartenpalais Liechtenstein—often simply called the Liechtenstein Museum—was built as a Baroque statement of country-house comfort inside Vienna. Its design and construction were commissioned by Prince Johann Adam Andreas von Liechtenstein, after he acquired a plot in the Rossau suburb, with Domenico Egidio Rossi as architect. The palace’s shell was finished in 1700, and decoration brought major names into the project, including Andrea Pozzo and Johann Michael Rottmayr. Completed in the early 1700s, it was conceived as a Roman-style blend of city residence and country retreat. On its south side lies the Liechtensteinpark, and the garden followed classic Baroque planning: vases and statues were sculpted by Giovanni Giuliani under plans by Giuseppe Mazza. Around 1820, the garden was redesigned in a neoclassical direction by Joseph Kornhäusel, while an orangery built in 1700 stood opposite the palace on Fürstengasse. …
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