The Belvedere is a baroque palace complex built by Prince Eugene of Savoy in the 3rd district of Vienna, south-east of the city centre. The Belvedere Palace has always been regarded as one of the most beautiful baroque buildings in Europe. The Palaces’ architecture and interior design are typical for Rococo style.

The Belvedere’s main attraction is the collection of 19th- and 20th-century Austrian paintings, centering on the work of Vienna. Designed as a summer palace for Prince Eugene of Savoy, it was a sumptuous, gilded retreat for princes, dukes and archdukes of the Hapsburg dynasty.

Today, they house three excellent art galleries. The parks surrounding the Belvedere still give the place a quiet and relaxing atmosphere.

The design was done by one of the two most famous architects of Austrian Baroque: Johann Lukas von Hidebrandt(1668 to 1745) – the other being Johann Bernhard Fisher von Erlach.

It is an elongated single storey building consisting of a seven-axial central projection, two wings and two corner pavilions. 
This baroque architectural jewel consists of two palaces (Upper and Lower Belvedere).: The upper palace displays a wealthof architectural invention in its facade, avoiding the main design problems common to palaces.

The next floor is centered around a gigantic Marble Hall covered with trompe l’oeil frescoes, while down in the Lower Belvedere palace, there are more 17th-century salons, including the Grotesque Room painted by Jonas Drentwett.