# Landhaus

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The Landhaus in Linz is a Renaissance complex constructed in several stages between 1568 and 1658. The building serves as the seat of the Upper Austrian Provincial Parliament.

Its history began on the site of a Minorite monastery, whose surviving Minorite Church stands nearby. Johannes Kepler taught at the Protestant school here for fourteen years and praised its former library.

A major fire in 1800 destroyed much of the decoration, archives, gallery, and library. Ferdinand Mayr then gave the rebuilt complex classical façades.

The Landhaus contains three courtyards, a vaulted gateway, and a tower with a Baroque copper dome. The Renaissance arcaded courtyard centres on the Planetenbrunnen, whose column shows seven personified planets.

The Steinerner Saal has red marble pillars and preserves much of its historic appearance. The north portal uses red and painted marble in a notable Renaissance design.

A sundial beneath the tower clocks carries sgraffito work by Fritz Fröhlich. The south portal contrasts with the simpler Empire-style façade.

Along the Promenade, parks and gardens contain monuments to Stefan Fadinger, Hessian soldiers, and Adalbert Stifter. A 3.14-metre Glockenring marks where the Pummerin bell stood in 1952.

Archaeologists also uncovered Roman remains, a medieval cemetery, and an eighteenth-century stone bridge beneath the complex. The restored bridge has been visible again since 2009.

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