The Belvedere Fountain, Vienna · Travel Poster

Not just a view, the heritage behind it. Ella writes about the place, its hidden history, and the details that never make it into the guidebooks, all printed on the poster.

Prince Eugene of Savoy built the Belvedere as a summer retreat, and had its gardens laid out by Dominique Girard, who trained at Versailles. The Grand Cascade running between the two palaces isn't just decoration, it's two basins joined by five tiers of falling water, watched over by Tritons and a sculpture of Hercules wrestling the Nemean Lion, part of a whole mythological programme designed to quietly compare the Prince to Apollo. He was just as serious, by the way, about his orange trees, and had an entire Orangery built next door purely to keep them warm through the Viennese winter.

An original illustration, available in colour or black and white, created for the Ella's Adventures travel poster series.

Part of a series of Vienna travel art, with matching postcards.

No frame included.

Please note that, to protect the original artwork from copyright infringement, the images shown on this website are low resolution. The poster you receive is printed in high resolution, with all the detail and clarity of the original.