Schloss Eggenberg

 

 

 

A journey into the Cosmos. A building portraying time. That is how one could describe Schloss Eggenberg, erected in 1625-56. The owner: Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg, political devisor of Emperor Ferdinand II. The architect: Giovanni Pietro the Pomis, who also planned Ferdinand's Mausoleum in Graz.

Today, Styria's most splendid palace is used for cultural events. And sometimes as setting for films. The ground floor and the first floor house collections of the Provincial Museum Joanneum.