Austria · Restored
Hofburg Palace
The Hofburg is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburgs in central Vienna, a large complex of connected wings, courtyards and state rooms. Built from the 13th century and expanded through the 19th and early 20th centuries, it housed chapels, a treasury, the imperial library, riding schools and state halls and today serves state and cultural functions.
First raised
1279
Its prime
1913
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1913
The shape it held in its prime.
A sprawling, continuous limestone and sandstone palace block that curves around formal squares, the Hofburg presents a long, colonnaded Neo-Baroque façade toward a broad parade ground. Rooflines alternate between low copper-clad mansards and baroque domes and cupolas; several small towers and a cupola-topped Amalienburg tower punctuate the silhouette. Multiple inner courtyards and arcaded loggias open off the main façades; at its prime the complex is fully roofed, ornamented with statuary and bronze equestrian monuments, and intact.
Step inside
12 places to explore in 1913.
The record describes 12 distinct spots at Hofburg Palace — including 6 interiors: burgkapelle (court chapel), schatzkammer (imperial treasury), court library prunksaal (interior) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Hofburg Palace with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1913 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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