Palais Clam-Gallas

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The Palais Clam-Gallas is a historic palace in the Neo-Classical or Biedermeier style in Vienna, Austria. It was built as a summer residence in the mid 1830s by Franz Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein.

The building was constructed as a summertime Lustschloss (pleasure palace) in 1834 or 1835 for Franz Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein. It was built in a park – laid out as an English garden – which had belonged to his family since 1690.

The palace's architect was Heinrich Koch [ de ]. The building is in a Neo-Classical style typical of the Biedermeier period. It passed by marriage into the Clam-Gallas [ de ] family in 1850.

Following the Second World War, it was used by American troops. The Clam-Gallas family sold it to the Republic of France in 1952.

The Lycée Français de Vienne was built on a part of the grounds in 1954. [ citation needed ] The palace housed the Institut français de Vienne (the French institute in Vienna) from 1980 until 2015, when the property was sold.