• Würzburger Residenz Palace

An 18th century palace which served as the residence of Wurzburg Prince -Bishops, located near the center of the old town, and considered one of Europe’s great Baroque, Rococo palaces. The palace has four floors with a central wing and two side wings, each with two interior courts.
In the palace 400 rooms with highly decorated Imperial Apartments, extravagant Baroque and Rococo decorated halls with vast collections of artifacts, furnishing, painting, sculptures, and much more.
The major attractions in the palace, designed by Balthasar Neumann, are the Imperial Hall, the Court Chapel and the Grand Staircase. The overwhelming grand staircase, with the largest fresco in the world on top of it, was painted by the Venetian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, presenting the four world continents, with typical landscapes, Fauna and Flora motives. The breathtaking Imperial Hall, the centerpiece of the palace, has a vast collection of paintings, sculptures, frescoes, and stuccowork, and the Hofkirche, the palace beautifully decorated chapel, with stucco ornaments, paintings, and sculptures.
In the south wing of the palace enjoy the 19th century Martin von Wagner Museum, home to the University of Würzburg’s impressive collections of the 15th through to the 20th century European paintings and sculptures, graphic art, antiquities, and impressive archeological exhibitions.
Outside the Wurzburg Residenz visit the beautiful Court Gardens with its 18th century French style garden including a large artificial lake, fountains, Baroque sculptures, and allegorical figures. Strolling further you will reach the English style garden including two monumental sculpture groups, a small forest, and meadows.

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Beautiful baroque church at the Hofkirche Court of Wurzburger Residenz Palace in Wurzburg, Bavaria, Germany