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The white State Hall wing of the former court library on Josefsplatz, with its central pavilion topped by a sculpted quadriga.
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State Hall of the Austrian National Library

The State Hall is the Baroque hall of the former court library in the Hofburg, built from 1723 to 1726 for Emperor Charles VI to plans by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and completed by his son. Under Daniel Gran's dome fresco stand about 200,000 books printed between 1501 and 1850, among them Prince Eugene of Savoy's library.

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