{"id":19530,"date":"2019-10-22T05:58:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T04:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=19530"},"modified":"2025-06-26T16:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:17:55","slug":"palais-collalto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/palais-collalto\/","title":{"rendered":"Palais Collalto and Mozart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/collaltosmall.jpg\" alt=\"Plaque on Palais Collalto\" class=\"wp-image-19532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/collaltosmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/collaltosmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Others played with toy soldiers and teddy bears when six years old. Mozart was in Vienna&#8217;s Palais Collalto, giving a concert for the owner and his guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Baroque town palace built around 1671<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mozart played here in 1762<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Located in the city centre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Not open to the public, unfortunately<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/concerts-opera-vienna-tickets-l206741\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_Mozart\" rel=\"sponsored\">concert experience<\/a>* to your trip<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozart\/\">Mozart guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Collaltopalais<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/amhofpalaiscollalto.jpg\" alt=\"Palais Collalto\" class=\"wp-image-46172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/amhofpalaiscollalto.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/amhofpalaiscollalto-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(View from Am Hof square)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just being old does little to recommend a building in Vienna. After all, historic palaces, churches, municipal buildings, and townhouses line the streets in the city centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Palais Collalto lifts its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/baroque\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"30588\">baroque<\/a> head above the masses for two reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, the house is a little older than many of its architectural colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While most of the famous buildings in the old town went up in the 19th century, the Collaltopalais appeared much earlier: around 1671.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/palaiscollalto.jpg\" alt=\"Palais Collalto\" class=\"wp-image-48773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/palaiscollalto.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/palaiscollalto-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Side view of the palais on Schulhof, which is the same shot we see in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/vienna-blood-season-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"38572\">Season 2<\/a> of the Vienna Blood period detective series!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fa\u00e7ade, however, is practically a modern abomination, dating back to as late as the early 18th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even so, the building would probably remain a mere footnote in history were it not for the matter of a small concert held there in October, 1762.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The musician? A young lad from Salzburg who seemed to have a remarkable affinity for music in one still short of his seventh birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His name? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-slug-ids=\"exp206741,exp238032\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_ConcTour\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This was Mozart&#8217;s first public appearance in Vienna, performing with his sister during their maiden trip to the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The host &#8211; Thomas Vinciguerra of the noble Collalto family &#8211; even published a poem afterwards in homage to the young talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days later, Mozart famously performed for Empress Maria Theresa at Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/schonbrunn\/tour\/\">palace tour<\/a> can take you to the place where his father claimed Mozart leapt onto the Empress&#8217;s lap, put his arms around her neck, and gave her a kiss.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mozartplaquecollalto.jpg\" alt=\"Mozart plaque outside the Collaltopalais\" class=\"wp-image-49295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mozartplaquecollalto.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/mozartplaquecollalto-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The 1956 plaque marking the Mozart connection)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, you cannot go inside Palais Collalto. But a plaque outside the house commemorates the historic occasion. It says (my translation):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-left is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It was in this house in the second week of October, 1762, that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) first appeared in public in the city that would become his home and destiny<br>(The Viennese Mozart Community 1956)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Palais itself<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/moazartcollalto.jpg\" alt=\"Palais Collalto\" class=\"wp-image-49296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/moazartcollalto.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/moazartcollalto-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(View of the front)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The name of the Palais refers (obviously) to the original owners. The Collalto family were nobles long-affiliated with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/habsburg-monarchy-introduction\/\">Habsburg monarchy<\/a>. Their name stems from that of an Italian village about an hour&#8217;s drive north of Venice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The site itself dates back much further than the baroque town palace. This area was all part of the original residential complex of Heinrich II (1114-1177), the very first Duke of Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heinrich&#8217;s decision to relocate to Vienna effectively kick-started the city&#8217;s triumphant rise to eventually become de facto capital of an empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A little bonus<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/judenplatzsquare.jpg\" alt=\"Judenplatz square\" class=\"wp-image-44445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/judenplatzsquare.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/judenplatzsquare-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Historical Judenplatz is just a few steps away)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you leave the large square in front of Collaltopalais at this end, you reach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/judenplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31702\">Judenplatz<\/a> square and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/holocaust-memorial\/\">Holocaust Memorial<\/a>. And a plaque on the wall of house number 3 tells us that Mozart once lived at that location in 1783, though the original building is long gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(The only surviving Mozart residence in Vienna is in the nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/mozarthaus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5858\">Mozarthaus<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to Palais Collalto<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As you might imagine from its history, Palais Collalto is right in the centre&#8230;at one end of the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/am-hof-square\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"27637\">Am Hof square<\/a> that hosts a well-known <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/christmasmarkets\/am-hof\/\">Christmas market<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subway: a short walk from the Herrengasse station on the U3 line (or walk up the Graben pedestrianised zone from Stephansplatz station on the U3 and U1 lines)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tram\/bus: trams don&#8217;t pass through the old town. But perhaps take bus 1A to Schwertgasse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address:  Am Hof 13, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1u09oD8jdof-NPPOr-4e7ZWFBf-tLXzpW\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Others played with toy soldiers and teddy bears when six years old. Mozart was in Vienna&#8217;s Palais Collalto, giving a concert for the owner and his guests. The Collaltopalais (View from Am Hof square) Just being old does little to recommend a building in Vienna. 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