Baroque portal of Canon's Residence "Residentia Schroffeliana" (Olomouc, Central Moravia)
N 49° 35.702 E 017° 15.649
33U E 663376 N 5496060
Depicted Baroque portal with beautiful CoAs of Karl II von Liechtenstein-Castel Corno, 48th Bishop of Olomouc, and canon Ferdinand Schroffel von Schroffenheim is the key architectural facade' element of Residentia Schroffeliana in Olomouc.
Waymark Code: WMKK8E
Location: Olomoucký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/25/2014
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Depicted Baroque portal with beautiful CoAs of Karl II von Liechtenstein-Castel Corno, 48th Bishop of Olomouc, and canon Ferdinand Schroffel von Schroffenheim is the key architectural facade' element of Residentia Schroffeliana in Olomouc.
Olomouc is unique by its church' district with 14 palaces of canons of the Metropolitan Chapter of St. Wenceslas - depicted and waymarked Baroque "Residentia Schroffeliana" is one of them. Residence house number 526, "Residentia Schroffeliana" in Wurmova Street 13, has a Renaissance and Gothic core with an oriel chapel in the rear wing. The front and side wing, with their Early Baroque stucco ceilings, were built around 1680 under the canon Ferdinand, Baron Schroffel von Schroffenheim.