Austria · 19th century
Palais Coburg, also known as Palais Saxe-Coburg, is a palace in Vienna, Austria. It was owned by the Kohary branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Palais Coburg was designed in 1839 by architect Karl Schleps in Neoclassical style, and built from 1840 to 1845 by Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha atop the Braunbastei (Brown Bastion), a part of the Vienna city defences dating to 1555. It is nicknamed the Spargelburg ("castle of asparagus") for its central portico with many freestanding columns.
Its last private owner was Sarah Aurelia Halasz, morganatic widow of Prince Philipp Sachsen-Coburg, who lived there with her family. The owners sold the palace in the 1970s and today is a luxury five star boutique hotel after extensive renovations. The palatial hotel has 33 suites and it was the venue for the Iran nuclear deal signed on 14 July 2015.
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Palais Coburg ranks #1,847 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #41 of the 240 mapped in Austria. Founded 1845, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 717 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,551 times in the last 60 days, more than 75% of the atlas. 38 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Vienna, 1 km away. It is stop 24 of 28 on the Wachau Danube route, Melk to Vienna. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.
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