Mirabell Palace

Mirabell Palace is a ancient building within the town of Salzburg, Austria. The palace with its gardens is a indexed cultural heritage monument and part of the Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg UNESCO World Heritage Site. The palace become built approximately 1606 at the shore of the Salzach river north of the medieval town partitions, on the behest of Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich Raitenau. The Archbishop suffered from gout and had a stroke the yaer before; to stay away from the slender streets of the metropolis, he decided to erect a satisfaction palace for him and his mistress Salome Alt.

Allegedly built inside 6 months in line with Italian and French models, it turned into to begin with named Altenau Castle. When Raitenau become deposed and arrested at Hohensalzburg Castle in 1612, his successor Mark Sittich von Hohenems expelled Salome Alt and her own family from the premises. Mark Sittich gave the palace its current call from Italian: mirabile, bella: "wonderful", "incredible". It become rebuilt in a lavish Baroque style from 1721 to 1727, according to plans designed by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt.