This museum palace  is situated inVienna, Austria. This baroque complex contains an enchanting park,the Palm House, the Gloriette and a zoo. The view from the top of the hill was amazing.

In earlier times it served as summer residence to various Habsburg rulers. The castle was build to rival French Versailles in Baroque beauty and importance.

 It was designed by the architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Nicolaus Pacassi and is full of outstanding examples of decorative art.

The new building was partly built on the existing foundations of the chateau de plaisance that had been destroyed by the Turks.

At Maria Theresa’s express wish a theatre was also built and was ceremonially opened in 1747.

The vast gardens are popular with locals and tourists alike, and include a zoo, a maze and labyrinth, the Privy garden, and the Gloriette with viewing terra. In 1996, Schonbrunn Palace, its parkland, fountains and statues as well as its zoo where placed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.