Palais Szeps

Palais Szeps is located at Liechtensteinstraße 51 in Vienna's 9th district Alsergrund.

Palais Szeps (2019)

History
Aufgang zur Beletage

The palace was built in 1876/77 by Ludwig Tischler for the newspaper publisher Moritz Szeps.[1] Szeps was a confidant of Crown Prince Rudolf and publisher of the Neues Wiener Tagblatt since 1867.[2][3]

Purchased by the Swedish state in 1928, he building has been the site of the Swedish Embassy in Austria since 1960.[4] 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
  1. "Vom Währinger Bach zur Schottenpoint". Austria-Forum (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  2. Plasser, Fritz (2012). Austrian Lives. ISBN 978-3-902811-61-5. OCLC 1163832578.
  3. "Moritz Szeps". www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at (in German (formal address)). Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  4. "About the Embassy building". Sweden Abroad. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
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