Mirabellgarten, French formal garden and castle park in Salzburg, Austria.

Mirabell Garden is the garden complex of Mirabell Palace in Salzburg's right-bank old town, laid out from 1687 for Prince-Archbishop Johann Ernst von Thun under Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. Its Great Parterre is a lawn outlined by red flower beds and narrow gravel paths, with the Great Fountain at its centre, ringed by four statue pairs carved around 1690 by Ottavio Mosto. A long rectangular pool with a stone rim runs beside the parterre, and a square building with a green roof and inner courtyard closes the upper side.

Prince-Archbishop Johann Ernst von Thun ordered the garden's redesign from 1687, with Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach directing the overall design. Matthias Diesel altered small parts before 1720, and Franz Anton Danreiter changed larger sections after 1730. The baroque sculptures survived these changes, except in the Zwerglgarten.

The garden's sculptures carry coded meanings. Around the Great Parterre fountain, four pairs carved by Ottavio Mosto around 1690 represent the elements through myths: Paris abducting Helen (water), Aeneas rescuing Anchises (fire), Hercules defeating Antaeus (air) and Hades seizing Persephone (earth). On the balustrades, eight gods and eight goddesses double as allegories of the seasons.

The garden is free and open daily from early morning until dusk. Paths are white gravel between the parterre beds and along the lawn, so choose footwear that suits loose stone. Enter from the street on the lower side, where the rectangular pool runs parallel to the parterre, and cross toward the palace courtyard.

The Zwergerl Garden displays marble figures of court dwarfs who lived and worked for the Prince-Archbishops during the early modern period. This rare collection is one of the oldest and most complete examples of a European dwarf garden.