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Eggenberg Castle, Graz

building in Graz, Austria

Key facts

Type: Palace
Architectural style: Gothic and Baroque
Location: Graz , Styria , Austria
Coordinates: 47°04′26″N 15°23′29″E / 47.07389°N 15.39129°E / 47.07389; 15.39129
Elevation: 365 m (1,198 ft)
Current tenants: Palace State Rooms, Alte Galerie, Coin Collection, Roman Stonework Collection, Archaeology Collection
Construction started: after 1460 ( medieval section), 1625 ( Baroque expansion)
Completed: c. 1635 (structure), 1685 (accouterments), 1762 (piano nobile)
Cost: over 105,000 guilder
Client: Universalmuseum Joanneum
Owner: The State of Styria
Height: 50 m (164 ft) (central tower)
Diameter: 65 m x 80 m (palace footprint)
Other dimensions: 90,000 m² (palace grounds)
Floor area: 8,000 m²
Architect: Giovanni Pietro de Pomis
Other designers: Hans Adam Weissenkircher (court painter)
Official name: City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg

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Eggenberg Palace (German: Schloss Eggenberg) in Graz, is the most significant Baroque palace complex in the Austrian state of Styria. With its preserved accouterments, the extensive scenic gardens, as well as some special collections from the Universalmuseum Joanneum housed in the palace and surrounding park, Schloss Eggenberg ranks among the most valuable cultural treasures of Austria. Eggenberg Palace is situated at an elevation of 381 meters on the Western edge of the city. Its architectural design and the still visible imprint of centuries of history continue to bear witness to the vicissitude and patronage of the one-time mightiest dynasty in Styria, the House of Eggenberg.

In 2010, the significance of Schloss Eggenberg was recognised with an expansion to the listing of the Graz Historic Old Town among the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites.