!!!Pálffy, Adelsgeschlecht

Pálffy, wealthy Hungarian noble family; most of their estates 
were situated in Cěrvený Kameń (Slovakia); from the 
16th century, the family produced prominent officers and civil 
servants. Prominent members of the family included Count Nikolaus II  
Pálffy, Count Nikolaus VI  Pálffy of Erdoed and Count 
Johann IV  Pálffy.

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P. Palace in the first district of Vienna (Wallnerstrasse 6), with its 
fourteen-windowed facade, was built 1809-1813 according to plans by C. 
de Moreau. Until 1989 the seat of the Federal Administration Archives; 
today the seat of the Federal Administration Academy. P. Palace at 
Josefsplatz 6 in Vienna's first district (former Kinsky Palace, facade 
from 1575) has been in the family since 1684. Mozart staged his first 
private performance of "Le nozze di Figaro" there in 1786; the 
building was badly damaged in 1944 and rebuilt in 1956. Today, it 
houses Oesterreich-Haus.


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