Palais Niederösterreich, historically known as the Niederösterreichisches Landeshaus ('Estates House of Lower Austria), is a historical building in Vienna.1 The building housed the estates general of the state of Lower Austria, later the state assembly and some state government ministries until 198? when St. Pölten became the new capital.

In the revolution of March 1848, the Niederösterreichisches Landeshaus played an important role as the focal point of the revolutionary forces. The uprising was subsequently crushed by the military.

After the legislature and the ministries moved out of the building in 1997, the building has undergone substantive renovations and restoration work, and is now used for exhibitions and for representative purposes and events. It was renamed into Palais Niederösterreich in 2004.

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