!!!Eggenberg, Schloss

Eggenberg, palace in the  Eggenberg district of the city of Graz; 
built in 1625-1655 for Prince Johann Ulrich E. by G. P. de Pomis, 
in 1754 came into the possession of the Counts of Herberstein, who had 
it altered, since 1939 owned by the province of Styria. Largest 
Baroque castle in Styria, 24 state apartments (17%%sup th/%  and 
18%%sup th/%  centuries, murals and ceiling paintings by 
H. A. Weissenkircher, 1684). Baroque Museum (department of the 
Provincial Museum  Joanneum; prehistory and early history; numismatic 
collection; collection of Roman tomb stones, Antiquity collection); 
castle grounds (originally French gardens, since 1853 English 
landscape gardens), since 1953 game park with big and small game.


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