!!!Mirabell

Mirabell, palace and gardens in the City of Salzburg. Palace 
commissioned by Archbishop  Wolf Dietrich for S.  Alt in 1606, 
1721-1727 remodeled in late Baroque style after plans by J. L. 
von Hildebrandt. After a fire in 1818 Peter de Nobile, court 
architect, gave it its present unassuming, neo-classical appearance, 
since 1950 seat of Salzburg´s mayor and municipal 
administration. In the interior: marble stairway with sculptures by 
G. R. Donner, Marble Hall and palace church. Mirabell Gardens 
laid out in 1690 after plans by J. B. Fischer von Erlach, 1730 
redesigned under F. A. Danreiter. Of great importance are the 
Susanna Fountain (H. Waldburger, 1610), the Hedge Theatre (1704-1718) 
and the Zwerglgarten (Dwarf Garden), a collection of marble dwarves 
set up in the Bastion Garden (around 1715). The former aviary is now 
used as an exhibition pavilion, the Orangerie houses the Salzburg 
Baroque Museum (Rossacher Collection) with works of European art from 
the 17%%sup th/%  and 18%%sup th/%  centuries.


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