Hofburg: The Palace of the Hapsburg Dynasty 

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When I visited, they had part of Roman infrastructure exposed in front. I realized that was the oldest structure I had ever seen personally. I got a little giddy.

I remember attending a Johann Strauss Concert in the Hofburg Palace it is one of the highlights of my life.

Keeping with the theme of big old buildings, a video about the history of Notre Dame would be great if one of your channels hasn't covered it already.

Would love to see a video on the New York Draft Riots. It still blows my mind how fast the city devolved into chaos and that troops from Gettysburg had to be called in to quell the violence.

As an Austrian I wouldn’t call the Hofburg a seat of power. While the Bundeskanzleramt and Bundespräsidentenamt are there (offices of the chancellor and largely ceremonial president of the republic of Austria) they occupy only a small part of the buildings. Most of it is now taken up by museums and the national library of Austria (great place to study!). Most Austrians would argue that the seat of Austrian power is on the opposite side of the Ringstraße in the Austrian Parlament (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Parliament_Building), just a short walk through the unbuild mirror image of the neue Burg, which was turned into a public rose garden. While the Austrian Parlament has set up a temporary residence on Heldenplatz during renovations of the Parlament (the ceiling was about to cave in, and while most Austrians would wish that on our politicians, new elections would be too much of a hassle). Also the Kunsthistorische Museum has a mirror image in the Naturhistorische Museum, one Museum for art, and one for the sciences of the time.

10:02 The building is not the winter riding school. It's the palace building of Buda Castle in Budapest.

Something always fascinated me about the Hapsburgs- especially the final years. On old autocratic monarch. A crown prince that committed suicide. A reforming Archduke being assassinated. An ineffective general that bungled the war. And the heir to the empire trying to betray the German kaiser but ended up being his puppet instead. It sounds like something out of daytime television.

Everytime someone writes Habsburg as Hapsburg a piece of my soul dies in a blaze.... some might say in a brain blaze.

Ah yes, the Hapsburgs. The family the went from being special, to being, uhm, "SPECIAL".

Ha, that one is literally just a blink away from my home 🙂 Just a quick note, the parliament is not located in the Hofburg but the parliament building close by across the Ring street (where formerly the city walls were standing). And nobody calls them von Habsburg, they are just called Habsburger ;-)

Excellent episode. Enjoyed it immensely.. Cheers!

I'd like to suggest a video on King Ludwig's castles.. they're beautiful and straight out of fairytales. Very interesting video. Great job Simon and team! 😊👏❤

Fun fact. You can easily see Hapsburg Castle as you drive along A3 in Switzerland east from Basel. The road goes through a tunnel under the castle.

As someone who has been to the Hofburg many times I enjoyed this video. The Parliament is temporary housed there while the Parliament building is undergoing extensive refurbishment.

I love that you unapologetically plug your other channels and still asked people to finish the video they are currently watching

I might be silly for this but I simply adore hearing about most any castle, so uh - yeah this was DEFINITELY SPECIAL ENOUGH - I'd love to learn about some of the other castles of Europe - the oldest ones, the really weird ones, even the "oh gawd everyone talks about this damn thing" castles would be interesting, given the way Simon and team tackle the topic. Neuschwanstein for instance could be GREAT fun (someone poke me if I'm dumb and missed that they already did a video on it, eh) Anyway! Wonderful video, very very cool castle!

We have a castle on the Connecticut River...Gillette Castle. Built between 1914 and 1919, It sits on a bluff overlooking the river near East Haddam and Lyme.

How did you just blow past the winter riding school as having horses? It's where the Lipizzans horses are from! They're like the coolest to watch. They tour all over the world or at least they did when I was a kid.

Simon and caslersight is my 2 favorite RU-vid personalities. One believes in ghost and other doesn't lmao. Both legendary. Allegedly.. lol

Suggestion: How Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania became an industrial giant, thanks to the steel industry. Sincerely, A Pittsburgh Native.

Fascinating as usual.

Idd love to see a video about Hearst castle

Damn you give me a new appreciation for a building I never paid much attention too. Maybe I'll actually go there again in May when I had to Vienna again.

Brilliant as always factboy keep up the great work

I think these old sprawling castles are very fascinating. It seems like most countries had one as well: Whitehall in England, Palais de la Cité in France, the Swedish royal palace before the fire. ETA: Prague castle as well!

Before the Spanish Riding School there is a picture of Buda Castle, another Castle used by the Von Habsburg but not part of the Hofburg obviously

Talk about the downtown Jeddah project, which is expected to compete with Dubai soon

A historical icon! 😃👏👏 Ja! 🇦🇹

the building is a mishmash of different era styles which is kinda unique.

Simon, you need to talk about Whitehall next, and probably how it's equal to Versailles and perhaps Hofburg until it burned

Here are two suggestions Simon There isn't much left but these are places pretty much unknown except to specialists Malkata in Luxor and Armana in Akhetaten

FYI, palaces are not the same as castles. Castles are fortifications built to withstand attacks and sieges (their original intentions that is). Palaces on the other hand are just mansions in a much more grander scale.

Suggestion for a future video. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), is a system of dams along the Tennessee River in the Southeastern US. If I’m remembering my history correctly it was the largest dam system in the world at the time of its construction. At the time no system of dams had ever been constructed to achieve the following three tasks simultaneously. 1 flood control 2 year around navigation 3 electric generation TVA accomplished all three.

i love how he showed 2 portuguese buildings in the first images

The Neue Burg is built in a very Viennese tradition. It was supposed to have two wings - but they ran out of money and skipped one wing. Take a look at Stephansdom. It was supposed to have two towers, but they ran out of money and skipped one tower. Oh, and the Parliament? It was supposed to have all pillars guilded with gold, but guess what happened? You are right, only four pillars are guilded. With the Opera house, they actually had the money to finish it, but missed the coordination with the construction work outside. It looks at it has "sunken down" in the street. The Kaiser mentioned it, and the architect promptly killed himself.

How about a video of Denver Airport? It has a lot of conspiracy around it's tunnels also not to mention the art on the walls.

The Habsburg (castle) is located close to Brugg/Switzerland…

You did it as a side project about a year ago but would love to see you do a mega project episode on the Hungarian Parliament Building

I would love to see a video about the Crystal Palace built for the 1851 World Fair Exhibition in London.

You should do a video on the castle in Malbork, built by the Teutonic Knights, largest brick castle in Europe

Good video 👍

Hey! When are you going to recognise the marvel that is Kailash temple in India? Your channel is nothing without a 120 minute presentation of THE most wonderful and best interpretation of architecture on the face of the planet! Let's see if your handlers allow it...

America does have castles! There's Hearst Castle in California and of course Cinderella Castle at Disney World. (That 2nd one may be a bit of a stretch, but hey, America is a young country 🤔)

And that part of the world has been sooooo peaceful ever since!

They did like to build overly large shiny things, kind of a statement that a small person thought they were a lot bigger than they actually were... :P

So cool,

Video idea. Hearst castle in California

Been there. It's huge

As a matter of fact, I am Austrian, and I am pretty sure, the dynasty refers to themselves as Habsburg. No idea, where you got the P from. Otherwise interesting video!

One day you'll get those links in there LOL

The privy council are what we call the guys settling the state of the world while on the privy.

Have you done the rise and fall of Pan AM? Or perhaps the creation of modern Air traffic control?

1:20 - Chapter 1 - From counts to archdukes 5:40 - Mid roll ads 7:15 - Chapter 2 - From archduchy to empire 12:15 - Chapter 3 - From empire to dissolution 15:55 - Chapter 4 - Vienna waits for you

9.59 this is not the Hofburg but the royal castle in Budapest

Q: "What's so special about a castle?" A: Maaaaaaaachicolationssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!

I'm sure this is ignorance but on the top right of the map of Europe you posted in the video why does it say cc Trajan 117? I've seen it before and have wondered...especially because my mind wanders towards Trajan the emperor of Rome circa around that very time lol

Actually only the President of the Republic has his offices in the Hofburg these days, no other governmental use except temporary during renovation of the Parliament building. No mentions of current use. And a picture of the Budapast Castle at 9:59 in between. A talk about the Palace should include the fire destroying the Redoute wing imho.

You should do a mega projects on the Nepolionic wars!!!!!!!!!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍

Which then leads us to ask for a Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace vid

Wow it's almost as big as the Biltmore house here in North Carolina

Schönbrunn Palace video next!

Can we do a side project on Fenway Park?

“Every country has a castle” Really Simon?

Mary Berry lives in a castle with a screaming doorbell🤣🤣

The Hofburg is NOT A CASTLE SIMON!!! It's a palace. Very important distinction. A castle is a defensive structure, while a palace is most certainly not. It's important not to use the two interchangeable.

"Are you sick of the intro yet?" Well, Danny didn't write it, so most likely. Sorry, Megaprojects writer.

There is a typo in the title dude. Its Habsburg

my brother in christ how many channels do you have

Housing the parliament for a few years while the original building is being renovated does NOT make the Hofburg the Seat of Government.

Nazis did not undermine Austrian "democracy". When they took over, we already had a fascist dictatorship of our own.

Does anybody know the name of the painting at 13:28? I know I've seen it before but I can't remember the name or the artist...

How about an episode for one of your channels on the monty python folks? Maybe running out of money on holy Grail?

Video suggestion Edinburgh Castle.

The U.S. has the Gillette castle in Connecticut.

Love the Billy Joel reference

Many thanks for shining some light in the Hofburg. It is too often overlooked as it doesn´t have the splendor of Versailles, lacks the luster of a royal family like the Buckingham Palace or is not as iconic as Neuschwanstein.

Can you make a video about the f-15 fighter jet?

SO AFTER SUBBING TO YOUR CHANNELS, THAT I FOUND TANTALIZING, WHERE'S THE BLOODY TURKEY CASTLE CHANNEL????

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The picture used at 10:00 does not show Vienna.

Music from 12:17?

Grand palace Bangkok please!

Its not Hapsburg in title but Habsburg

SHADIVERSITY!

typo in title? hapsburg instead of habsburg?

Could you please correct the „Habsburg“ in the title? Thx

5:07 AND THEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!

Baroque architecture makes the owners go broke.

It's Habsburg, not Hapsburg

America has a castle. The Biltmore Estate.

Simon, I'm a big fan of yours....but it is Habsburg 😁

*gratuitous Monty Python reference*

haBsburg please

It's Habsburg

Why are you writing "Hapsburg" instead of Habsburg, you know, the correct way.

If it is not Baroque…Don’t fix it..

Didn’t cover the Habsburg jaw? Hmmmmmmm 😂

I would love to watch this but youtube does not allow it. Not on mobile at least. Round n round n round she goes, when does she load? Nobody knows. 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️

TIL: English spell Habsburg with a P