PRESERVATION OF WALLPAPERS AS PARTS OF INTERIORS

Task of conservation. Case studies
palace. The task of planning the work was given to the master
architect Carlo Martino from Como in Lombardy. However, it
is believed that the building was actually planned by the Viennese
court architect Filiberto Luchese.
The construction work gave the building its modern appearance,
with its courtyard and main facade. The rich stucco decorations
on the facade were carried out by the master Andrea
Bertinalli from Upper Italy.
During the 18th century mainly alterations in the interiors
and staircases were made. The majority of rooms were given
new floors, stoves and stucco ceilings. In this phase, little was
altered on the outer facade. In the years 1790–1794 the princely
stables and main guardhouse opposite the palace were erected
by Anton Prince Esterházy. Subsequently, the palace moat surrounding
the building was filled in and a stairway was constructed
leading to the palace square.
Under Nicholas II, the son of Anton Prince Esterházy, in the
early 19th century the palace was turned into a Neo-Classical
structure according to plans by one of the most celebrated architects
of Revolutionary Neo-Classicism, Charles Moreau. However,
most of his ideas were not carried out because of financial
difficulties and the French occupation of Eisenstadt during
the Napoleonic Wars. Some of the alterations made by Charles
Moreau can still be seen: the uniform, pavilion roofs of all four
towers of the palace, the garden hall placed in front of today’s
Haydnsaal and a large peristyle on twenty Corinthian columns,
with spacious driveways on both sides.
During the 19th century some renovation work was carried
out in the palace, although the appearance was changed
very little.
During the years of occupation after the Second World War,
the Burgenland government and later the District Court were
accommodated in the palace. Starting in 1969 an extensive part
of the palace was leased to the Burgenland government. On 1
January 2010 the building was taken over by the Esterházy Private
Foundation, which uses the palace as a venue for a wideranging
programme of festivities and social events.
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