Salzburg - Chiemseehof

Pfeifergasse No. 11 in Salzburg's Old Town district was occupied in 1525 by the philosopher and physician Paracelsus, who died in the neighboring Kaigasse (No. 8). At the end of Pfeifergasse, on the right, stands the Chiemseehof, originally built in 1305 and much altered in later periods, which was the residence of the Prince Bishops of Chiemsee until 1806 and is now the seat of the provincial government; it has an arcaded courtyard decorated with coats of arms. Obliquely across the street stands the Kajetanerkirche (St Cajetan's Church), in Italian Baroque style (by Casper Zuccalli, 1685-1700), with no tower but with a massive dome; the interior has luxuriant stucco decoration of about 1730.