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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 04/06/2026 14:17:00

Founded in 1776 by Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen, the Albertina in Vienna holds one of the largest and most valuable collections of graphic art in the world, more than a million prints and tens of thousands of drawings spanning five centuries. Set in a former Habsburg residential palace at the southern tip of the Hofburg, on a bastion of the old city walls, it ranks among the most prestigious art museums anywhere. The duke, who had married a favourite daughter of the Empress Maria Theresa, assemb...