Called the ‘Sun King’, Louis XIV was sole ruler of France from 1661. His wide-ranging powers and luxurious lifestyle...
Louis XIV
King of France and Navarre
1643–1715

Lying in the west of the city in the suburb of Hietzing, Schönbrunn Palace and its gardens are one of the most...

Vienna – Schönbrunn Palace

1648–1918

The Augarten in Vienna is all that remains of a seventeenth-century imperial pleasure garden that was once...

Vienna – Augarten

1648–1792

The Karlskirche (Church of St Charles Borromeo) in Vienna is a major work of the European Baroque, whose symbolic...

Vienna – Karlskirche

1648–1740

The Kapuzinergruft (Capuchin Crypt), part of the Capuchin Friary on Neuer Markt in Vienna’s historic centre, is the...

Vienna – The Capuchin Crypt

1648–1918

Thanks to his lengthy training in Rome, the architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach became one of the most...
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

* 1656, † 1723

Prince Eugene of Savoy is regarded as one of the most important military commanders and statesmen in Austrian history...
Eugene of Savoy
Prince
The figure of Hanswurst, regarded as the creation of Josef Anton Stranitzky (1676–1726), was a major element in...
Hanswurst

* 10. Sep 1676, † 19. May 1726

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