Emperor´s Staircase The entrance to the Sisi Museum and the Imperial Apartments. The entrance to the Sisi Museum The entrance to the Sisi Museum and the Imperial Apartments is via the…

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Trabant Guards Room Coming from the Emperor’s Staircase the visitor entered this room in which the Trabanten lifeguards kept watch night and day. Coming from the Emperor’s Staircase Coming from…

House Rules

Audience Waiting Room Emperor Franz Joseph gave general audiences twice a week, at which any of the subjects of his empire could attend to present a matter of their concern to the emperor. In…

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Audience Chamber Over the course of his long reign, Franz Joseph gave audiences to around 260,000 individuals. Reception of the Audience The emperor received petitioners standing behind a…

Conference Room This room was used for the ministerial conferences which were always chaired by the emperor. It could also be entered from the room occupied by the duty aide-de-camp, who announced…

Imperial Apartments Imperial apartements Court ceremonial dictated that each member of the family had their own apartment or suite in one of the numerous palace wings. Whereas most of these…

Study ‘As soon as the children were capable of eating on their own they were allowed to lunch with him in his study – often as many as eight at a time.’ Here the emperor began his work every…