Palais Althan, Baroque palace in Landstraße, Austria
Palais Althan was a Baroque palace in Vienna's Landstraße district, with a building complex spreading across both sides of Barichgasse. Its curved mansard roof and central dome, reminiscent of the Hofburg's Winter Riding School, defined the architectural character of this part of the third district.
Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach built the palace in 1732 for Count Gundacker von Althan on land that had previously belonged to the Harrach family. The structure served as an aristocratic residence until the Althan family left Vienna in the later 1700s.
The palace served as a symbol of power and wealth for the Althan family within 18th-century Vienna's upper circles. Its architectural grandeur reflected the family's standing in the city's social hierarchy.
The former palace grounds occupied land between Barichgasse and Juchgasse in the third district, spread across multiple addresses. Today residential buildings have replaced the original complex, so visitors will not find any remaining structure or visible traces of the palace itself on the site.
Entrepreneur Michael von Barich purchased the palace after the Althan family left Vienna and subdivided it into 34 separate parcels between 1842 and 1845. This radical division transformed one of Vienna's grandest Baroque structures into a middle-class residential neighborhood.
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