Austria · 17th century
Palais Mollard-Clary is a Baroque palace in Vienna, Austria. It is located in the first district Innere Stadt, at Herrengasse 9.
It was built from 1686 to 1689 for Imperial Count Franz Maximilian von Mollard (1621–1690). In 1760, it was bought by Count Franz Wenzel von Clary und Aldringen. Emperor Joseph II held his famous "round tables" here. Since 2005 it has been used by the Austrian National Library and houses the Globe Museum, the Department of Music and the Department of Planned Languages and Esperanto Museum.
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Palais Mollard-Clary ranks #3,215 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #79 of the 240 mapped in Austria. Founded 1686, it is older than 23% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 721 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 38 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Vienna, 1 km away. It is stop 17 of 28 on the Wachau Danube route, Melk to Vienna. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.
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