What it is
Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt designed the Lower Belvedere as Prince Eugene's residence and the Upper Belvedere as a palace for receptions, completed in the early 1720s. The Upper Belvedere holds the permanent collection of Austrian art, with the world's largest group of Klimt paintings and major works by Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka; the Lower Belvedere and the Orangery host temporary exhibitions.
The garden between the two palaces, with its fountains and sculptures, can be walked through freely and gives one of the classic views of the Vienna skyline.
Getting there by bus
Tram D stops at Schloss Belvedere, beside the Upper Belvedere entrance on Prinz-Eugen-Straße, and tram 71 stops at Unteres Belvedere on Rennweg for the Lower Belvedere. Vienna's main railway station, Wien Hauptbahnhof, is about ten minutes' walk south of the Upper Belvedere.
Walking down through the garden from one palace to the other is the easiest way to see both.
