The sala terrena, the hall on the ground floor and today the entrance hall, is dominated by four sturdy atlantes, which support the elaborately stuccoed vault. This is adjoined by the grand staircase which leads up to the Marble Hall.
 
 

The Carlone Hall or Painted Hall, on the ground floor of Upper Belvedere, was named after the Italian baroque artist Carlo Carlone (1686-1775), who painted the impressive ceiling fresco representing the "Triumph of Aurora" (1722/1723).