Former prince-bishop's residence at Fronhof

All that remains of the medieval episcopal palace, where the Confessio Augustana (the Augsburg Confession) was read in 1530, is the Palatinate Tower. The late …

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Didier

January 31, 2021

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A great structure. The courtyard garden by the complex completes the extraordinary flair in the middle of the city.

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Oliver

February 19, 2017

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The government of Swabia has been housed since 1817 in the former residence buildings of the prince-bishops of Augsburg at the cathedral. The main building of the residence with the beautiful entrance portal on the east side originally consisted of three lined-up houses and had already been consolidated before 1680 under Bishop Johann Christoph von Freiberg to a uniform rule building. The pillared balcony above the passageway was added between 1784 and 1789 to commemorate the visit of Pope Pius VI, who had been a guest here in 1782.

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