The Palais Clam-Gallas is a historic palace in the Neo-Classical or Biedermeier style in Vienna, Austria. It was built as a summer residence in the mid 1830s by Franz Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein.
History The building was constructed as a summertime Lustschloss (pleasure palace) in 1834 or 1835 for Franz Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein. It was built in a park – laid out as an English garden – which had belonged to his family since 1690.
The palace's architect was . The building is in a Neo-Classical style typical of the Biedermeier period. It passed by marriage into the family in 1850.
Following the Second World War, it was used by American troops. The Clam-Gallas family sold it to the Republic of France in 1952.
The Lycée Français de Vienne was built on a part of the grounds in 1954. The palace housed the Institut français de Vienne (the French institute in Vienna) from 1980 until 2015, when the property was sold.
References Historique (in French). Institut français de Vienne. Archived 30 May 2013. Anthony Haywood, Caroline Sieg (2011). Vienna: guida città (Lonely Planet Guide, fifth edition, in Italian). Torino: EDT. .
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