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Fulda City Palace

Germany · 13th century

Founded
1300
Style
Baroque architecture
Architect
Johann Dientzenhofer
Heritage status
cultural heritage monument in Hesse
Location
Fulda
Coordinates
50.5539°, 9.67556°
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Fulda City Palace in Germany
Photo: Johannes Müller · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The baroque Fulda City Palace was built between 1706 and 1714 by Johann Dientzenhofer as the residence of the prince-abbots of Fulda and later of the prince-bishops.

Machine-translated from “Fuldaer Stadtschloss” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Fulda City Palace ranks #4,915 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #413 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1300, it is older than 60% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,559 times in the last 60 days, more than 63% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Frankfurt, 86 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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