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 Villa Concordia, Bamberg, Germany
N 49° 53.283 E 010° 53.317
32U E 635661 N 5527894
Baroque Town Palace in Bamberg, Germany
Waymark Code: WMTF3W
Location: Bayern, Germany
Date Posted: 11/14/2016
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Villa Concordia is a baroque town palace in the Bavarian city of Bamberg, built between 1716 and 1722 by German architect Johann Dientzenhofer. This building and others like it along river Regnitz gave Bamberg the title "Venice of the North."
The building is a vivid illustration of the rise of a bourgeois middle class in 18th century Germany, as it was not owned by nobility but by a high ranking official in the service of Bamberg's bishop. Ignaz Tobias Böttinger was a no lord, duke or king, but one of the richest "commons" in town and his buildings upstaged those of the nobility of old.
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Today, the building is the home of an international artist's colony, funded by the state of Bavaria. Every year, twelve European artists receive a one-year scholarship to live and work at Villa Concordia - all expenses paid.
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Style: Baroque
Type of building (structure): Town palace
Date of origin:: 1722
Architect(s): Johann Dientzenhofer
Web site of the object (if exists): [Web Link]
Address:
Internationales Künstlerhaus
Villa Concordia
Concordiastraße 28
96049 Bamberg
Germany
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Visit Instructions:
Logging requirements: Please upload your own personal photo of the structure. You or your GPS can be in the picture, but it’s not a requirement.
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