Neue Residenz

The Neue Residenz in the old town of Salzburg, once also called Palazzo Nuovo, was erected by Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau to the east of Salzburg Cathedral as a supplement to the Salzburg Residenz. The ecclesiastical prince, at that time the richest in the entire Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, began this first building project in 1588 after the demolition of the burghers' and canons' houses there. Between 1592 and about 1597 construction lay dormant. With the court master builder Andrea Bertoletti the interrupted work was resumed. The wings around the northern courtyard were subsequently completed around 1602. Later, wings around a further southern courtyard followed.

Initially the first wings of the Neue Residenz served as residences for the prince-archbishop's brothers. Perhaps this building was also intended as the prince's own later permanent private accommodation. In 1600 the ruler moved his siblings into this house despite the continuing building works. When, after 1600, two of the archbishop's brothers left the town – probably after a preceding family quarrel – the intended use also changed. From then on the building was put to public purposes. It was presumably also intended as a prestigious lodging for foreign princes.

Today the Neue Residenz is the seat of the Salzburg Museum, the Salzburger Heimatwerk is housed there, and it is also known for the Salzburg Glockenspiel, a historic carillon.

Machine-translated from “Neue Residenz (Salzburg)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Neue Residenz ranks #5,908 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #161 of the 201 mapped in Austria. Founded c. 1602, it is older than 32% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 626 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 11 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Salzburg, 1 km away. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.

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