Palais Schey von Koromla, also known as ''Palais Schey'' (or erroneously as ''Palais Schey-Koromla''), is a ''

Ringstraßenpalais The Vienna Ring Road (german: Ringstraße, lit. ''ring road'') is a 5.3 km (3.3 mi) circular grand boulevard that serves as a ring road around the historic Innere Stadt (Inner Town) district of Vienna, Austria. The road is located on sites where ...

'' building in

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. It was built in 1863/4 for banker

Friedrich Schey von Koromla Friedrich Schey Freiherr von Koromla (5 March 1815, in Kőszeg – 15 July 1881, in Lainz) was an Austrian banker. Around 1863, he built Palais Schey von Koromla in Vienna, Austria. Life Friedrich Schey was the son of a wealthy Jewish owner ...

. It was part of the redevelopment initiated by Emperor

Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I (german: Franz Joseph Karl, hu, Ferenc József Károly, 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 2 December 1848 until his ...

which created the ''

Ringstrasse The Vienna Ring Road (german: Ringstraße, lit. ''ring road'') is a 5.3 km (3.3 mi) circular grand boulevard that serves as a ring road around the historic Innere Stadt (Inner Town) district of Vienna, Austria. The road is located on sites where ...

'' on the land previously occupied by the obsolete Vienna city walls. The interior survived

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rule and

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. The building was the setting for the television series ''Ringstraßenpalais''.

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