🗻️ Ballhausplatz

Austria · Europe · 48.21°N, 16.36°E

Ballhausplatz is a square in central Vienna containing the building that for over two hundred years has been the official residence of the most senior Austrian Cabinet Minister, the State Chancellor, today the Chancellor of Austria. As a result, Ballhausplatz is often used as shorthand for the Austrian Federal Chancellery. Until 1918 the Foreign Ministry of Austria-Hungary was also housed here. Similar to Downing Street or the Hotel Matignon, the word Ballhausplatz is a synecdoche for the seat of power.

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Quick facts

Country	Austria
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	48.21°N, 16.36°E · view on map

Ballhausplatz is located in Austria, in Europe.

More public squares in Austria

Freyung, Vienna · Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz · Graben, Vienna · Heldenplatz · Josefsplatz · Judenplatz · Karlsplatz · Maria-Theresien-Platz · Mexikoplatz · Michaelerplatz.

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