The Crown Jewels
The Imperial Treasury Vienna takes you on a journey through a thousand years of history and secrets, full of discoveries and insights, to see symbols of power and myths
A journey to the Burgundian inheritance, the Holy Roman Empire and the Austrian Empire – and especially to the imperial glory of the House of Habsburg
Research project CROWN
The Imperial Crown is one of the greatest treasures housed in the Imperial Treasury. Made of gold, enamel, pearls and precious stones, it served for centuries as the coronation insignia of the kings and emperors of the Holy Roman Empire and can look back on a long and eventful European history.
A research project is dedicated to the investigation of the materiality, technology and state of preservation of the Imperial Crown in Vienna – find out more about the research project
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