Information about the bigget building in Austria: New Hofburg: With its 18 wings, 54 stairways, 19 courtyards and roughly 2600 rooms, the Hofburg is the secular centre of Vienna. It was the Emperors home until 1918. The building complex today houses numerous museums and collections, the Spanish Riding School and the Austrian National Library. In the Leopoldinischen Wing are found the Federal Presidents offices. The hofburg is a complex which experienced many expansions in the course of centuries, and for …showed first 75 words of 333 total…

…showed last 75 words of 333 total…located the monument of Franz, with the inscription “amorem meum populis meis”, meaning “my love for my people”. The oldest part of the Hofburg is called Schweizerhof, because the Swiss Guard was stationed there in Maria Theresias time. The Burgkapelle is the only example of gothic style remaining in the Hofburg, built as early as 1246. The Stallburg is from the 16th century, and is still used by the Spanish Riding School to house their Lipizzans.