Garden of Schönbrunn Palace

Schönbrunn Palace (Schloss Schönbrunn) is a royal residence in Vienna, Austria. One of the most important cultural monuments in the country. The palace and gardens illustrate the tastes, interests, and aspirations of successive Habsburg monarchs. The main architect of this palace was Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. Schönbrunn Palace was a vigorous centre of Austria's empire and the imperial family, and stayed their summer residence until the more-or-less abdication of Charles I of Austria, in 1918. The sculpted garden space between the palace and the Neptune Well (viewn towards Gloriette, which is on top of the hill) is called the Great Parterre (Great Ground Floor).