At the end of the 17th century Augarten was laid out as an imperial pleasure garden in an area previously inundated by the river Danube. After the landscape gardener Jean Trehet added a French touch to the garden, Joseph II opened it to the public as a "place of pleasure dedicated to all people". The "Gartensaal" (Summer Pavilion) was built in place of the garden palace and the "morning concerts" performed by Mozart and later by Beethoven took place here. Today this building borders the 2nd District of Vienna and houses the famous Augarten Porcelain Manufacture. The Augarten Palace has housed the boarding school of the Vienna Boy's Choir since 1948.