Palais Fanto
The Palais Fanto is on the 3rd Vienna district road , corner Schwarzenbergplatz 6 - Daffingerstraße - Zaunergasse.
history
The city palace was built in 1917/1918 by the two architects Alexander Neumann and Ernst Gotthilf-Miskolczy for the businessman David Fanto, who had become a millionaire with Galician oil wells. After his death in 1920 the palace became the seat of the Austrian brandy monopoly and since March 1998 it has also housed the Arnold Schönberg Center and other companies. On August 12, 2015, a fire broke out in the roof dome of the Palais. The premises of the Arnold Schönberg Center were damaged by the extinguishing water. The exhibition rooms and the library had to be temporarily closed for renovation.
description
The monumental building block, built in neoclassical form, is free-standing on two sides. The corner view, crowned with colossal Ionic columns and a dome, faces Schwarzenbergplatz. A porch porch, wrought-iron balconies and reclining allegorical attic figures set additional accents. A high, grooved base dominates the lower zone of the building. Shallow risals structure the facade on the side fronts. Balconies with balustrades on the piano nobile and wrought iron grilles on the other floors as well as an attic balustrade with stone vases are further design elements. A three-part portal in Zaunergasse is framed by fluted pilasters. The motif of the putti and masks above the portal can also be found on the vaulted stones in the bel étage. Inside there is a marble staircase. The material had been commissioned for the planned expansion of the Emperor's Hofburg. The First World War and the end of the monarchy prevented the implementation and David Fanto had the imperial staircase built into his palace.
literature
- Dehio Vienna, II. To IX. and XX. District , p. 92, ISBN 3-7031-0680-8 .
Web links
- Schönbergcenter - Palais Fanto ( Memento from July 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Planet-Vienna - Palais Fanto
- Palais Fanto. District Museum Landstrasse, archived from the original on December 5, 2013 ; accessed on January 4, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Fanto obituary . In: New Free Press . No. 20025 , May 29, 1920.
- ↑ diepresse.com - "Fire out" in Palais Fanto: Schönberg-Center closed . Article dated August 13, 2015, accessed August 13, 2015.
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 56.6 " N , 16 ° 22 ′ 39.1" E