Hofburg Palace
palace located in Vienna, Austria
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Summary
Hofburg Palace is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 0.36% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,031 views/month, #10 of 2,754).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Innere Stadt[3]
- Country: Austria[4]
- Instance of: château[5], palace[6], official residence[7], tourist destination[8], museum[9]
- Architect: Filiberto Lucchese[10]
- Architectural style: Renaissance architecture[11]
- Has use: official residence[12]
- Commons category: Hofburg[13]
- Has part(s): Amalienburg[14], Redoutensaaltrakt[15], Äußeres Burgtor[16], Hofbibliothek[17], Burggarten[18], Josefsplatz[19], Leopoldinischer Trakt[20], Michaelertrakt[21], Paradeisgartl, Vienna[22], Imperial Court Chancellery[23], Schweizertrakt[24], Zeremoniensaaltrakt[25], Stallburg[26], Neue Burg[27]
- Inception: 1279[28]
- Located on street: Ballhausplatz[29], Josefsplatz[30]
- Significant event: conflagration[31]
- Official website: http://www.hofburg-wien.at/[32]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hofburg[33]
- Commons gallery: Hofburg[34]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Meyer’s Universum, Neunter Band[37]
- Commons Institution page: Hofburg[38]
- Date of official opening: 1913[39]
- Native label: Hofburg[40]
- Different from: Hofburg[41]
- Category for the interior of the item: Category:Interior of the Hofburg[42]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Hofburg[43]
- Social media followers: 3505[44], 3294[45]
Why It Matters
Hofburg Palace has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]