Palais Dumba

Palais Dumba stands on the Parkring in Vienna's Innere Stadt (Inner City) and was built between 1865 and 1866 in the Neo-Renaissance style. Its builder, the industrialist Nikolaus Dumba, was an important patron of the arts. The U-shaped corner building now houses apartments and shops. The building was once famous for its luxurious interior, to which artists such as Hans Makart, Gustav Klimt, and Friedrich Schilcher contributed. These magnificent pieces were auctioned off in 1937, however, while some works were destroyed by fire during World War II. Today, watercolors and photographs are the main surviving evidence of the original furnishings.