Palais Colloredo

Palais Colloredo stands on Waaggasse in Vienna's Wieden district. The garden palace was probably built in 1697 for the princely Colloredo family and was later remodeled in Neoclassical and Historicist styles. The street-facing facade is done in the style of the Roman High Renaissance, with Corinthian aedicule windows and segmental pediments. The originally open courtyard was turned into an enclosed inner courtyard in 1874 with the addition of a street wing. The original rusticated facade surrounds this courtyard on three sides, with a central aedicule porch and round-arched portal as the architectural focal point. The garden front is articulated by a central projecting bay, while the grounds today are used by a kindergarten.