Quantcast
Channel: Palaces – The Royal Forums
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 16

On This Day: Empress Elisabeth Opens Her Hermes Villa

0
0

On this day 130 years ago in 1886, Empress Elisabeth of Austria aka Sisi opened her new palace in the Lainzer Tiergarten in Vienna. Construction on the palace, orginally called “Villa Waldruh,”  started in the summer of 1881. Emperor Franz Joseph hoped to encourage his wife -who longed for peace and soltitude- to remain in Vienna and stop her travels by providing her a secluded residence near the Austrian capital. … Continue reading

The post On This Day: Empress Elisabeth Opens Her Hermes Villa appeared first on The Royal Forums.


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 16

Latest Images

Trending Articles





Latest Images