Modenapark, Public park in Vienna 3rd district, Austria.
Modenapark is a roughly 8,000 m² public square in Vienna's 3rd district, Landstraße, laid out in 1926 on the remainder of the garden of the former Palais Modena. At its centre stands Josef Müllner's 1915 bronze group "Knabe mit Panthern", moved here in 1948 from the Arenbergpark. Three protected monumental trees grow in the grounds, and the surrounding streets, especially on the east side, hold interwar apartment buildings of the Modenapark quarter.
The land was a private garden of Archduchess Maria Beatrix von Este in 1812 before being transformed into a public park in 1926. This change occurred after the Modenapalais was demolished in 1916, leaving only this final section of its former gardens.
The park's centrepiece is the bronze group 'Knabe mit Panthern' (Boy with Panthers), made by Josef Müllner in 1915 and moved here from the Arenbergpark in 1948. The surrounding Modenapark-Viertel, especially on the east side, is one of Vienna's few surviving ensembles of non-municipal housing from the interwar years.
The park lies between Beatrixgasse and Grimmelshausengasse, a short walk from the Landstraße district centre, and is open around the clock. Paths cross the lawn to the central sculpture, and benches line the edges. The Modenapark-Viertel's interwar facades are best seen from the eastern side.
The 1915 bronze group "Knabe mit Panthern" by Josef Müllner, known as the Scherzogruppe, stood in the Arenbergpark until 1948, when it was moved to the centre of this square. The surrounding Modenapark-Viertel, especially on the east side, is one of Vienna's few surviving ensembles of non-municipal housing from the interwar years.
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