Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Sight-seeing in Vienna: Schloss Belvedere





This palace was built for Prince Eugene of Savoy, conqueror of the Turks in 1718. In the palace houses a long, landscaped garden. It is now used as an art gallery. Klimt's best known and most intriguing work, The Kiss (1908), is displayed here.

2 comments:

Jane Doe said...

omigod - the kiss! one of my fav paintings!!!!

Durrow Gal! said...

yeah...spectacular!