{"id":60052,"date":"2025-08-20T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/stele-konferentzzimmer\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:02:11","slug":"stele-konferentzzimmer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/en\/stele-konferentzzimmer\/","title":{"rendered":"A small ceiling painting in the conference chamber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]--><br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-60052-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/wav\" src=\"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/02_KO_Deckenbild_QR_en.wav?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/02_KO_Deckenbild_QR_en.wav\">https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/02_KO_Deckenbild_QR_en.wav<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-57641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/02_KO_Gruendung-Alexandropolis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"992\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/02_KO_Gruendung-Alexandropolis.jpg 2400w, https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/02_KO_Gruendung-Alexandropolis-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/02_KO_Gruendung-Alexandropolis-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/02_KO_Gruendung-Alexandropolis-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/02_KO_Gruendung-Alexandropolis-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/02_KO_Gruendung-Alexandropolis-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/02_KO_Gruendung-Alexandropolis-2048x1535.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/02_KO_Gruendung-Alexandropolis-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/02_KO_Gruendung-Alexandropolis-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ceiling painting was done in 1711 by Martino Altomonte, who had trained in Italy. It shows the young Alexander the Great mounted on his horse, wearing armour, helmet and a red cloak, and accompanied by foot-soldiers. He points his general\u2019s baton towards a town in the background, a stronghold which he conquered and re-founded as Alexandropolis. This was the first conquest of his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>This painting is one of a series &nbsp;of ceiling paintings in several of the Residenz state-rooms, depicting the achievements of Alexander the Great. The stories are based on numerous legends and romances celebrating his successes and his virtues. Prince-Archbishop Franz Anton Harrach commissioned the works, seeking to show himself as a successor to the famous charismatic ruler and emphasising his own pre-eminence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ceiling painting was done in 1711 by Martino Altomonte, who had trained in Italy. It shows the young Alexander the Great mounted on his horse, wearing armour, helmet and a red cloak, and accompanied by foot-soldiers. He points his general\u2019s baton towards a town in the background, a stronghold which he conquered and re-founded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/en\/stele-konferentzzimmer\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60052","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62816,"href":"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60052\/revisions\/62816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.domquartier.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}