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Palais Szeps is located at Liechtensteinstraße 51 in Vienna's 9th district Alsergrund.
The palace was built in 1876/77 by Ludwig Tischler for the newspaper publisher
Palais Szeps is located at Liechtensteinstraße 51 in Vienna's 9th district Alsergrund.
History
The palace was built in 1876/77 by Ludwig Tischler for the newspaper publisher Moritz Szeps
Moritz Szeps (5 November 1835, Busk – 9 August 1902, Vienna) was an Austrian newspaper tycoon who founded and published the daily papers ''Neues Wiener Tagblatt'' (1867-1886), ''Wiener Tagblatt'' (1886-1894), and the first popular-science ma ...
. Szeps was a confidant of Crown Prince Rudolf
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (Rudolf Franz Karl Josef; 21 August 1858 – 30 January 1889) was the only son and third child of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth of Austria. He was heir apparent to the imperial throne of the Austro ...
and publisher of the ''Neues Wiener Tagblatt
The ''Neues Wiener Tagblatt'' was a daily newspaper published in Vienna from 1867 to 1945. It was one of the highest-circulation newspapers in Austria before 1938.
History
The newspaper was founded by Eduard Mayer as a successor to the Wiener J ...
'' since 1867.
Purchased by the Swedish state in 1928, he building has been the site of the Swedish Embassy in Austria since 1960. From 2013 to 2015, it was renovated and partly rebuilt. Since 2014, it has been a listed building protected for as a cultural heritage site.
Architecture
The architecture is Viennese New Renaissance from the Wilhelminian period. In the Beletage it has strong gable roofing, the entrance hall is barrel-vaulted and has a coffered ceiling.References
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