I was so impressed by the details in this Spanish Hall that I didn't want to withhold this picture. It's hard to describe the athmosphere in this room, I was just so amazed by the beauty of this place.
Spanischer Saal in the "Ambras Castle" in Innsbruck, Tirol, Austria.
Perched high above Innsbruck, Ambras Castle can be seen for miles around and is one of the most important sights of the capital of Tirol. Ist historico-cultural significance is inseparably linked to the personality of Archduke Ferdinand II (1529-1595), a genuine Renaissance prince who promoted the arts and sciences. He founded the magnificent Ambras collections, and in the Lower Castle he built a museum created with the most modern criteria in mind.
The present-day presentation attempts to reconstruct the archdukes Chamber of Art and Curiosities ("Kunst- und Wunderkammer), his Armoury of Heroes and other armouries as well as his Antiquities Collection. In Ferdinands time the Upper Castle served as living quarters. Today the three floors house the Portrait Gallery with its images of the Habsburgs from Albert III (1349-1395) to Emperor Francis I (1768-1835). More than 200 portraits are on display, including precious works by renowned artists such as Lucas Cranach, Sir Anthony More, Titian, Van Dyck und Diego Velázquez. On the ground floor of the Upper Castle is the Collection of Late Medieval Sculptures, the showpiece of which is the Altar of St George commissioned by Emperor Maximilian I.
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