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311Imperial Architect: Background attached to the north-east wing, which was accessible both from the late Queen Anna’s Frauenzimmer and from Queen Maria’s new apartment: it was topped by a covered terrace or ‘Altan’ allowing views both on the private, enclosed gar- dens and onto the square in front of the Hofburg, which came into use for courtly festivities, such as the festival organized by Maximilian on the occasion of a Habsburg family gathering in 1560, documented in a series of detailed engrav- ings [Fig. 5.73–5.75 and below, Fig. 6.16].103 Of great interest is the first external addition to the Alte Burg proper, which was constructed on top of the gate giving access to the bastion in front of the Hofburg [Fig. 5.74, to the left]. Essentially it is a continuation of the newly con- structed northwest wing, consisting of six bays of three stories. On the side of the bastion it was preceded by two superimposed loggias each consisting of four widely spaced arches, the whole topped by an ‘Altan’, in this case a roof terrace 103 Holzschuh-Hofer 2014(a), pp. 124. The northwest wing was constructed partially in front of the tower, which arose above its roof; the Altan is shown at the left corner of the en- trance front of Lautensack’s engraving and on a slightly later woodcut from Wirrich’s de- scription of a joust of 1571, where it has been provided with a lean-to roof carried on classical columns and a balustrade (Wirrich 1571; cf. Dreger 1914, Abb. 9; Holzschuh-Hofer 2014(a), Abb. iv.37. Wirrich 1571; cf. Dreger 1914, Abb. 93). Figure 5.73 A joust on foot on the Burgplatz in Vienna, 1560; engraving by Hans Sebald Lautensack from Hans von Francolin, Thurnierbuch (1561).