The elegant Palais Daun-Kinsky located on Vienna’s Freyung is one of the city’s most impressive historical buildings. Built between 1713 and 1716 for Philipp Laurenz Graf von und zu Daun the Palais is a pièce de résistance of baroque architecture. At the end of the 18th Century marriage placed the building in the hands of the royal Kinsky family who presided over this architectural gem for over 200 years.

All artists involved in the construction and decoration of the structure were renowned celebrities of their metier at the time. The constructer Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, for instance, was the star architect of his time. Alberto Camesina was responsible for the ornate decorative plasterwork. The breath-taking ceiling fresco above the stairway was designed by Carlo Innocenzo Carlone. Together with Marcantonio Chiarini he also created the magnificent ceiling panel in the Ovaler Festsaal.

The Palais Daun-Kinsky stands out for its multi-faceted room design as well as its grand ceiling stuccoes, its breath-taking quadrature paintings and its numerous sculptures.

Enclosed you will find the detailed, tabular history of the Palais:

Architectural style:	baroque
1713	Edification by the architect Lukas von Hildebrandt for Wirich Philipp Lorenz Earl Daun Prince von Thiano, after his death the Palais is left for his son Leopold Joseph Maria Earl Daun.
1746	Disposal of the Palais due to financial reasons to Johann Josef Reich's Earl Khevenhüller zu Aichelberg.
1761	Disposal of the Palais to Ferdinand Bonaventura Earl of Harrach
1778	Inheritance of the Palais to his daughter Maria Rose Aloisia Catharina who got married to Earl Joseph Kinsky of Wchynitz and Tettau the year before.
1807	Inheritance to Rose's son Ferdinand Johann Kinsky
1812	Ferdinand's death, inheritance of the Palais to his eldest son Rudolf
1836	Rudolf dies, the new owner, his son Ferdinand Bonaventura – who at this point is only two years old – has financial troubles later. The Palais maintains a high status of social impact through his marriage with Princess Maria Anna of Liechtenstein.
1904	Death of Prince Ferdinand Kinsky, inheritance of the Palais to his son Karl
1919	Karl dies childless; the Palais is inherited to his younger brother Prince Rudolf Ferdinand, who bequeaths the house to his nephew Ulrich Ferdinand due to his old age.
1919	The Kinsky family looses their baronial identity due to the Law of Nobility Abolishment of 1919 due to the end of the Habsburg monarchy
1919	Parts of the Palais are force-let due to the housing shortage by the city council. Ulrich Ferdinand suddenly dies in 1938 and the Palais is confiscated by the German Armed Forces in the course of the Second World War
1986	Franz Ulrich, son of Ulrich Ferdinand who grew up in Argentina during the turnmoil of war, sells the Palais on June 12th
1997	The private trust buys the Palais after a line of short time owners and extensively renovates it between 1998 and 2000
May 3rd, 2001	Foundation of the Palais Events Veranstaltungen GmbH through the private trust as operating company with the Wiener Börsensäle as its first member.
October 1st, 2001	Palais Events Veranstaltungen GmbH absorbs the Palais Ferstel and Cafe Central. They also become a part of the company.
August 1st, 2002	The Palais Daun-Kinsky is integrated in the Palais Events Veranstaltungen GmbH. The excellent in-house cuisine as well as service attend all events exclusively.

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