Klagenfurt - Landhaus

Between the Alter Platz and the Heiligengeistplatz stands Klagenfurt's most imposing secular building, the Landhaus, built in 1574-90 on the site of an earlier moated ducal castle, with two impressive onion-domed staircase towers and a two-storied arcaded courtyard. The fine Heraldic Hall (Grosser Wappensaal) was built in 1739-40 after a fire; on the walls hang 665 coats of arms belonging to members of the Carinthian Estates, and on the ceiling can be seen a painting by J.F. Fromiller depicting the Estates paying homage to Emperor Charles VI (1728). In the Lesser Heraldic Hall (Kleiner Wappensaal) will be found another 298 coats of arms. In the garden can be seen Roman stones with inscriptions.

Remains of the old arsenal can still be found in the North Wing.