Palais Rasumofsky

The garden palace Rasumofsky in the 3rd district of 1806 commemorates Prince Andrei Kirillowitsch Rasumowski, who played an important diplomatic role as Russian envoy at the Viennese court and is considered the most important classicist palace in Vienna. Just as the reorganization of Europe was being negotiated in the course of the Congress of Vienna in 1814/1815, part of the building burned down along with valuable art treasures, and was rebuilt in a simplified form.

About 20 years later, after the death of the art collector, patron of the arts (including Beethoven) and diplomat, the estate was taken over by Prince Alois II Lichtenstein. Then state-owned from 1873, it was used, among other things, as the site of the Federal Geologische Bundesanstalt, later parts of the property were partitioned off and built up, and in the early 2000s it was sold into private ownership and renovated.

Court architect Louis Montoyer, who was also involved in the remodeling of the Albertina and in extensions to the Hofburg, built not only the mighty portico on the garden side with Ionic columns, but also a representative banqueting hall (which is not open to the public) and the formerly extensive farm buildings and stables. In the interwar period, this was also the residence of the important Austrian writer Robert Musil.