Palais Todesco

The Palais Todesco is a representative building in Vienna. It is located on Kärntner Straße 51 opposite the Opera House, where an older Carinthian Gate stood and was there during the years 1861 to 1864 by the architect Ludwig Förster ( 1797-1863 ) and the inside of Theophil von Hansen ( 1813-1891 ) for built Baron Eduard von Todesco.

At the Palais Todesco lived the Jewish families and loved ones. It was the annexation of Austria to the German Reich " arisiert ", the families had to flee and got their property after the war, not back.

At the times of the monarchy had the k.u.k. P. & C. Habig purveyor a branch on the ground floor. From 1947 to 1993 was located in the Palais Todesco the headquarters of the Austrian People's Party.