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Following
the
enlargement
of
Vienna
after
the
demolition
of
the
city
walls
in
the
1860s,
the
Hofburg
had
its
last
great
expansion.
An
Imperial
Forum
(Kaiserforum)
was
planned,
in
which
a
two-winged
structure
reaching
beyond
the
Ring
Road,
with
the
twin
museums
(Kunsthistorisches
Museum
and
Naturhistorisches
Museum)
as
flanks
and
terminating
at
the
old
Imperial
Mews
(the
Hofstallungen,
not
to
be
confused
with
the
much
older
Stallburg)
of
Fischer
von
Erlach.
The
project
was
led
by
Gottfried
Semper
and
later
by
Karl
Freiherr
von
Hasenauer.
The
museums
were
completed
in
1891,
but
construction
of
the
rest
of
the
forum
dragged
on
slowly
and
conflicted
since
because
of
rising
costs
and
no
real
function
could
be
found
for
the
enormous
construction
project.
In
1913,
the
south-west
wing,
the
New
Castle
(Neue
Burg),
was
completed.
However,
the
Imperial
Forum
was
never
completed
and
remains
a
torso.
The
New
Castle
wing
today
houses
a
number
of
museums
(the
Ephesos
Museum,
the
Collection
of
Arms
and
Armour,
the
Collection
of
Ancient
Musical
Instruments,
and
the
Museum
of
Ethnology)
as
well
as
some
reading
rooms
of
the
national
library.
The
Hofburg
Congress
Centre
is
also
located
here.
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