I’m not sure how, but I stumbled upon a series called World’s Greatest Palaces. In this episode I was introduced to Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria. Schönbrunn was home of empress Maria Theresa. Marie Antoinette spent much of her childhood there.
This post took me down a rabbit hole. Well they often do, but this one had unexpected twists and turns. The video states that the palace is in the Rococo style. The Palace’s Wikipedia page states it is in the Baroque style. I’ve heard it said that Wikipedia has errors, but today I encountered one. I first found a video that compared Baroque to Rococo – it proved to be long and unhelpful. Another video had a similar outcome. Finally, I landed on a couple of videos (one on Baroque architecture and one on Rococo architecture) which were helpful and I can now state that the palace is in the Rococo style. Rococo style is described as light, lively, asymmetrical.
Schonbrunn Palace (click link, then click Watch on YouTube)
Great Gallery
Gloriette in the garden
Palace Complex with the gloriette in the foreground and Vienna in the background
Nepture fountain with the gloriette in the background
The Nepture fountain and the great parterre
A garden pavillion – Kammergarten pavillion
View of the gardens
View of the gardens in autumn
Orangery
Columbary
Palm house
Palm House
Sundial House
Privy garden in winter
Palace seen through Neptune fountain
