Larisch-Mönnich Palace
The Palais Larisch-Mönnich is a family palace , which was completed on behalf of the landowner Johann Graf Larisch-Moennich in 1868. It is located in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt, at the corner of Johannesgasse 26 and Lothringerstraße 13. Today the Iraqi embassy is housed in the palace .
history
The Larisch-Mönnich-Palais was planned and built in 1867 by the architects August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll for Johann Graf Larisch-Moennich. It was completed by Karl Stattler after the death of the two architects in 1868 . The palace is designed in the form of French mannerism and corresponds to the style of aristocratic houses of the second half of the 19th century, although it was only used as a residence for one family.
In the post-war period , the palace housed a Soviet cultural organization. In 1970 the historically designed building was converted into the Iraqi embassy. The Iraqi espionage headquarters for all of Europe are said to have been located in this palace. From 1996 to 2003, funds from the humanitarian oil-for-food program , which were processed through the embassy, were allegedly embezzled by the Iraqi government under the leadership of Saddam Hussein . After a two-year renovation phase from 2011 to 2013, the building is now used again as the Iraqi embassy.
architecture
Exterior
The street front of the Palais Larisch-Mönnich extends at right angles over two sides of the street.
The facade consists of simpler Doric decorated windows on the ground floor and more elaborate Ionic decorated windows and a console-supported balcony with a balustrade on the upper floors. The wooden door at the main entrance is surrounded by an arched portal . The corner of the house facing the two streets is designed as a bay tower . Its style is a further development of the tower at the Palais Archduke Ludwig Viktor .
inside rooms
The building has three levels and stands out thanks to a large number of different types of columns , for example in the Tuscan and Corinthian styles. The anteroom and the stairwell are stuccoed and were originally richly ornamented . They were also lavishly furnished, such as with gilded floor lamps and mirrors, a mosaic floor and mirror vaults . Smoking rooms, dining rooms, writing rooms and bedrooms are each equipped with a black or white marble fireplace.
The Beletage of Palais Larisch-Mönnich consists of a tea room, a ballroom, a dining room, a music room, a small salon and the countess's bedroom. Each room contains valuable objects such as mirror- vaulted stucco ceilings, white marble fireplaces and wooden Lambrissages by Friedrich Georg Paulick . In contrast, the second floor is kept simple with simple stucco ceilings.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dehio Vienna. I. District - Inner City. Berger, Horn / Wien 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6 , p. 498.
- ↑ Karl Sattler. In: Architects Lexicon Vienna 1770–1945. Published by the Architekturzentrum Wien . Vienna 2007.
- ^ Felix Czeike: Historical Lexicon Vienna. Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1992-2004, p. 686.
- ↑ Entry on Palais Larisch-Mönnich on Burgen-Austria
- ^ Dehio Vienna. I. District - Inner City. Berger, Horn / Wien 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6 , p. 498.
- ^ A b Michael Nikbakhsh, Martin Staudinger: Baksheesh for Saddam. In: profil.at . News networld internetservice GmbH, October 29, 2005, accessed on March 5, 2016.
- ^ Gerhard Bitzan: Magnificent rooms: Vienna is attractive for diplomats. In: The press . Die Presse Verlags-Gesellschaft mbH Co KG, December 30, 2013, accessed on March 5, 2016.
- ^ Dehio Vienna. I. District - Inner City. Berger, Horn / Wien 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6 , p. 498.
- ^ Dehio Vienna. I. District - Inner City. Berger, Horn / Wien 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6 , pp. 499-500.
- ^ Dehio Vienna. I. District - Inner City. Berger, Horn / Wien 2003, ISBN 3-85028-366-6 , p. 500.
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 9.1 ″ N , 16 ° 22 ′ 40.7 ″ E