Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria
Austrian archduke
Died when: 68 years 69 days (818 months)Star Sign: Leo
Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria (Italian: Luigi Salvatore Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Dominico Raineri Ferdinando Carlo Zenobio Antonino, German: Ludwig Salvator Maria Joseph Johann Baptist Dominicus Rainerius Ferdinand Carl Zenobius Antonin) (Florence, 4 August 1847 – , Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, Bohemia, 12 October 1915), was an Austrian archduke of the House of Habsburg who became known as a champion for Majorca's wildlife, in an era when the term "conservation" was not highly regarded.
The Balearic Islands commemorated the centenary of the death of Archduke Ludwig Salvator during 2015.Ludwig Salvator settled on Majorca, buying up unimproved areas of land in order to preserve and enjoy them.
His main residence of , near the village of Deià, is now a museum.Much of what was his property now belongs to the American actor Michael Douglas, notably the Moorish style palace '' that Ludwig converted from a ruined old manor house.
About 1895, at Prerov nad Labem, Bohemia, he founded the first open-air museum in Central and Eastern Europe.
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