Neue Residenz
Neue Residenz is a palace in Passau’s old town, built between 1712 and 1730 in Viennese late Baroque style. It served as the new residence of Passau’s prince-bishops. Its decorative façade arrived between 1765 and 1771, with two portals, a roof balustrade, and projecting balconies. The balconies carry the years 1770 and 1771.
Its architects were probably Domenico d’Angeli from Italy and Antonio Beduzzi from Vienna. The building is a protected historical monument in Passau. Inside, a grand staircase combines stucco by Johann Baptist Modler with a ceiling fresco by Johann Georg Unruhe. Around 1768, that fresco placed the gods of Olympus above the stairway. Putti by Passau sculptor Joseph Bergler the Elder appear along the railings.
Today, it houses the Bishop’s Ordinariate and provides the entrance to the Cathedral Treasure Museum. Through the Saalbau, it connects with the Alte Residenz inside a roughly 200-metre complex. State rooms and private apartments reveal the courtly world of the last prince-bishops. The staircase ceiling keeps the Olympian gods above every visitor’s ascent.
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