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Who commissioned the Winter Palace in Vienna?
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The Winter Palace in Vienna was commissioned by Prince Eugene of Savoy, a prominent field marshal and statesman in the service of the Habsburg empire. The palace, which was begun in 1695, is a notable example of the town palace type designed by the architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach.12