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  • IMPERIAL HOFBURG
    In 1500 the Hofburg Innsbruck was completed under Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519). It already had the same dimensions as today and was captured by Albrecht Dürer as a watercolor. You can see a late Gothic inner courtyard with a covered staircase, the coat of arms tower and the women's chambers, called "Frauenzimmer". There was a large reception room, which was designed as a hall with columns and vaults and is now known as the "Gothic Cellar". A "Kürnstube" in which Maximilian's hunting trophies were housed, a "Silverkammer" (treasury) and a banquet hall (with depictions of Hercules) have also been preserved.
    The "racing ground" in front of the Hofburg served as a tournament venue for the sports-loving emperor.
    Almost 250 years later, Maria Theresa (1717-1780) visited the Imperial Hofburg Innsbruck and felt that it was no longer up to date. Since 1665 there were no more Tyrolean sovereigns and the governors, who now ruled Tyrol on behalf of the Emperor, lived on the first floor (Lieutenancy). The state rooms on the second floor, which were reserved for the Imperial Family, remained uninhabited. The ruler ordered a renovation in the Viennese late baroque style and sent her best artists to Innsbruck: Konstantin von Walter and Nicolaus Parcassi. Martin van Meytens and his school as well as Franz Anton Maulbertsch were commissioned to furnish the interior. The renovation work was interrupted by the Seven Years' War and lasted until the 1870s.
    Text / Source: INNSBRUCK TOURISM
    innsbruck.info/gehenswuerdigkeiten/sightseeing/historical-buildings/detail/infrastructure/kaiserliche-hofburg-innsbruck.html

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    • July 17, 2023

  • After the Andechs castle at the Inn Bridge and the Neuhof (building of the later Golden Roof), the Hofburg was the third and final seat of the Tyrolean princes. These bought gradually from the end of the 14th century land and houses in the area of ​​the later investment.

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    • July 23, 2018

  • The Hofburg in Innsbruck is a residence built and inhabited by the Habsburgs. Originally a castle complex from the late Middle Ages, it was expanded into a castle in the early modern period and became the seat of the Tyrolean sovereigns as well as the residence of various members of the dynasty until the founding of the Republic in 1918. The current condition is based on the expansions under Empress Maria Theresa in the Rococo style and can be partially visited.
    Source:
    de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofburg_(Innsbruck)

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    • December 22, 2019

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