SCHONBRUNN, Tour Of The Apartment Of Empress Elizabeth

The first of the rooms you’ll visit in the apartment of Empress Elizabeth, better known as Empress Sissi, is the Western Terrace Cabinet, featuring wall panels covered with a silk fabric painted with roses and bows. Below you will find the Stairs Cabinet, named after the spiral staircase that connected it with the Empress's private rooms on the ground floor: it was here that Sissi wrote her diaries, lyric poetry and letters, while in the nearby Dressing Room she took care of her appearance!

Now press pause, and press play again when you reach the nearby Imperial Couple’s Bedroom, with its walls covered in silk, in midnight blue tones.

Furnished for the imperial wedding, it was actually used by the newlyweds only at the beginning of their marriage, as the young and rebellious empress was frequently away traveling the world. Franz Joseph thus had no choice but to admire his beloved wife in the paintings hanging in the nearby Salon of Empress Elizabeth, where she was portrayed in her prime....