Munich - Archbishop's Palace

(Local Name: Palais Holnstein) Outstanding among several fine buildings in Kardinal-Faulhaber-Strasse is the Archbishop's Palace (No. 7), an imposing Baroque mansion built by Cuvilliés the Elder in 1733-37 for Countess Holnstein, mistress of the Elector Karl Albrecht. It has a beautifully articulated facade, with a central balcony over the doorway, arched windows protected by grilles and circular windows on the ground floor. The stucco ornament (ascribed to J. B. Zimmermann) is less noteworthy than the Early Roccoco architecture of the facade.