Burggarten

The Burggarten is a public park in the Innere Stadt, the first district of Vienna, Austria.

In 1809, following France's decisive victory over Austria in the War of the Fifth Coalition, French troops occupying Vienna destroyed a major defensive bastion of the Hofburg, the Burgbastei.

[1] The park was built by court gardener Franz Antoine the Elder based on Remy's plans; the two also worked on the nearby Volksgarten.

In 2021, a small section of the park was converted into paddocks for the Lipizzaner horses of the Spanish Riding School.

The Jugendstil structure now serves as a greenhouse for the Austrian Federal Gardens, as well as a butterfly house.