The Spanish Hall
Wood ceiling and 27 frescoed rulers — the Alps' finest room.
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Armour and wonders gleam in their eyes — the peacock gardens the closing playground. The portrait halls sit between: ninety minutes with them is right. In summer pair it with the famous neighbouring Ambras lake lido for a full family day.
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Ambras is the world's oldest museum in the modern sense: Archduke Ferdinand II built display wings for his collections (1570s) on purpose — the Chambers of Art and Wonders with their coral, automata clocks and curious portraits, and the armoury of complete knightly harness — anticipating the museum idea by two centuries, the holdings in their original home. The summit is the Spanish Hall: a Renaissance wood-ceilinged hall frescoed with 27 Tyrolean rulers, counted among the Alps' finest rooms — its summer concerts on period instruments an event. The Upper Castle carries centuries of Habsburg portraits. Its English gardens with peacocks are free — reached by tram 3 or bus from the centre: a calm aristocratic half-day above the city.
Wood ceiling and 27 frescoed rulers — the Alps' finest room.
Coral, automata and the Archduke's curiosities as he ordered them.
Habsburg knights in complete steel.
Schlossstrasse 20, 6020 Innsbruck