Belvedere Palace & Garden, Vienna, Austria

 

 

Belvedere Palace, in Vienna, Austria, was built in 1721-22, when Prince Eugene of Savoy, Commander in Chief of the Imperial Army during the war against the Turks, asked Johan Lukas von Hildebrandt to construct a summer palace. He actually never lived there. The palace is considered one of the most exquisite Baroque structures in the world.