Vienna - Austrian National Library Hall of Honor

(Local Name: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Hall of Honor) The Hall of Honor in the Austrian National Library is one of the most splendid of Baroque rooms. Designed by Fischer von Erlach, father and son, it measures 77.7m/250ft long, 14·3m/46ft wide and 19.6m/65ft high. The ceiling frescoes in the massive dome were painted in honor of Charles VI by Daniel Gran in 1730 and restored by Maulpertsch in 1769; the life size marble statues are by Paul and Peter von Strudel (c. 1700). In the middle stand 15,000 gold-stamped books from what was once Prince Eugene of Savoy's library. The Hall of Honor is used for temporary exhibitions.