PALAIS ALTHAN VIENNA
(Ungargasse, Landstrasse District) – virtual reconstruction.
This palace was built ca. 1729-1732 by architect Josef Emanuel Fischer von Erlach. It was demolished in the 1840s.
In fact, this was the second Althan Palace. Since the early 1690s, another Althan Palace existed, which was built following plans by Josef Emanuel’s father Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, in the Alsergrund District. This very original building was torn down in 1869.
(https://markpieters.blogspot.com/2012/10/3d-althan-paleis.html)
As the second Althan Palace was demolished in the early 19th century, no photographs of the building exist. Fortunately, twelve excellent engravings after drawings by Salomon Kleiner, on which the 3D model is based, give a good impression of the palace’s original appearance.
