The Palais Porcia is a Baroque mansion in Munich , southern Germany , which served as residence for Count Fugger. It is Munich's oldest still existing Baroque-style palace.
4-555: Enrico Zuccalli built the mansion in Italian baroque style in 1693 for the Count Fugger. In 1710 it was bought by Count Törring and in 1731 by Elector Charles Albert . His architect François de Cuvilles restored the mansion in 1736 in Rococo style for the countess Topor-Morawitzka, a mistress of Charles Albert. The mansion was named after her husband, Prince Porcia. In 1819, a concert hall
8-456: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Bavarian building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a palace in Germany is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Enrico Zuccalli Enrico Zuccalli ( Johann Heinrich Zuccalli ; c. 1642 – 8 March 1724) was a Swiss architect who worked for
12-689: The Wittelsbach regents of Bavaria and Cologne . Zuccalli was born in Roveredo , then part of the Republic of the Three Leagues (today Canton Grisons , Switzerland ). From 1669 he lived in Munich and became a major representative of the introduction of Italian Baroque architecture to Germany. He was a bitter rival of another Swiss architect, Giovanni Antonio Viscardi . In 1672 Zuccalli became chief architect of
16-640: Was integrated by Métivier for the "Museum", a cultural association which had acquired the mansion. In 1934, the Palais Porcia was acquired by a bank. The restoration after the destruction during World War II took place in 1950–1952. After renovations it received a prize by the city of Munich, the Fassadenpreis der Landeshauptstadt München of 2008, for its refurbished facade. 48°08′26″N 11°34′29″E / 48.14056°N 11.57472°E / 48.14056; 11.57472 This Munich -related article
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