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Schloss Esterházy today

Austria · Restored

Schloss Esterházy

Schloss Esterházy is a large Baroque palace in Eisenstadt, Austria, that served for centuries as the principal residence of the Hungarian Esterházy family. It was a major cultural centre where Joseph Haydn worked for much of his life. The palace houses the famous Haydnsaal and extensive state rooms and grounds, and today is managed by the Esterházy Foundation as a museum and concert venue.

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Its prime

1775

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1775

The shape it held in its prime.

Long, symmetrical pale-yellow Baroque palace with a broad, flat façade of regularly spaced windows and shallow pilasters rising three main storeys above a ground floor, topped by a red hipped roof punctuated by small dormer windows and a central onion-shaped cupola. Two squarish, pale clock towers project at the far ends. A columned, balustraded entrance loggia occupies the central axis, set before a formal gravel forecourt and terraced gardens; stucco ornament and sandstone busts accent the façade.

Step inside

7 places to explore in 1775.

The record describes 7 distinct spots at Schloss Esterházy — including 3 interiors: main staircase (state stair), haydnsaal (festival and banquet hall), representative state room with stucco ceiling. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.

Front approach across the forecourtCentral entrance and loggiaMain staircase (state stair)Haydnsaal (festival and banquet hall)One of the square end towers with clockRear formal gardens and groundsRepresentative state room with stucco ceiling

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