French Embassy - Vienna, Austria
N 48° 11.920 E 016° 22.485
33U E 602154 N 5339295
The embassy building was built to glorify the relationship between France and the great Austro-Hungarian empire of the beginning of the 20th century and to assert the influence and power of the French republic.
Waymark Code: WMJ3XV
Location: Wien, Austria
Date Posted: 09/19/2013
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The French embassy in Vienna was designed by Georges Chedanne, famous as the architect of the Galeries Layfayette department store, and the Elysee Palace in Paris.
Construction began in 1904. Chedanne surrounded himself with the most representative artists of Art Nouveau : Hippolyte Lefèbvre, Binet, Dubois, Vernon, Gasq, Sicard.
Mission's address:
Technikerstraße 2
Vienna, Austria
1040
Website: [Web Link]
Business hours: Not listed
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