Erbovni galerie (Biskupský dvur) - Brno, Czech Republic
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N 49° 11.476 E 016° 36.503
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Erbovní galerie s šesti erby na renesancních arkádách v Biskupském dvore v Brne
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Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/05/2014
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CS:
Erbovní galerie s šesti erby na renesancních arkádách v Biskupském dvore v Brne.
EN:
Six different CoAs you can find in the middle of the Renaissance arcade loggia of Biskupský dvur (Bishop's Courtyard) in Brno historic centre.
Biskupský dvur (Bishop's Courtyard) is the complex of buildings on three sides of a park-like courtyard is situated in the historic centre of Brno, below the Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral. The originally Gothic provost's residence of Brno Chapter was bougth byl Olomouc bishop Stanislav Pavlovský in 1588 (that is why the name "Bishop's Court") and substantially modified for the new owner by the Italian architect Antonio Gabri. The rebuilding after 1600 was accomplished by the successor of the bishop Pavlovský, cardinal František von Dietrichstein. From the Gothic era only the prismatic tower and the building with partly visible brickwork and narrow pointed and rectangular windows remain. The Renaissance architecture is represented by an arcade and an arcade loggia.
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