|
Episcopal Palace (Arezzo)
An Episcopal Palace is the official residence of a bishop. It may refer to: * Episcopal Palace, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal * Episcopal Palace, Astorga, Spain * Episcopal Palace, Braga, Portugal * Episcopal Palace of Cordoba, Spain * Episcopal Palace, Fiesole, Italy * Episcopal Palace, Grosseto, Italy * Episcopal palace, Oradea, Romania * Episcopal Palace, Porto, Portugal * Episcopal Palace, Siena, Italy * Episcopal Palace, Strasbourg, France * Episcopal Palace, Vienna, Austria * Episcopal Summer Palace, Bratislava, Slovakia * Krakow Episcopal Palace (Warsaw), Poland * Wells episcopal palace, Somerset, England See also * Bishop's Palace (other) * Archbishop's Palace (other), including Archepiscopal Palace * List of palaces The following is a list of palaces by country. Afghanistan * Darul Aman Palace, Kabul – the country's most famous palace. * Tajbeg Palace – inaccurately known as the Queen's Palace in English * Arg Presidential Palace – Home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of dioceses. The role or office of the bishop is called episcopacy or the episcopate. Organisationally, several Christian denominations utilise ecclesiastical structures that call for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political authority within their dioceses. Traditionally, bishops claim apostolic succession, a direct historical lineage dating back to the original Twelve Apostles or Saint Paul. The bishops are by doctrine understood as those who possess the full Priest#Christianity, priesthood given by Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ, and therefore may ordain other clergy, including other bishops. A person ordained as a deacon, pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Palace, Siena
The Palazzo Arcivescovile or Archbishop's Palace of Siena is the official residence of the archbishop and the offices of the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino. The neo-Gothic architecture building is located adjacent to the Cathedral of Siena. History Before 1660, this building to the Northeast flank of the Cathedral entrance housed the canons and the rector or the cathedral, while the bishop lived in a palace at the southwest flank of the church. This building was joined via a loggia to the cathedral. The site was reconfigured in the mid 17th-century, during the reign of the Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667), when the bishop's palaze was razed, and this palace was enlarged and refurbished. Construction persisted for nearly a century. The loggia linking the former palace to the cathedral was built into an adjoining wing. The plans called for the entire three stories, already built on a slope, to be faced with white and black marble, as was completed for the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop's Palace (other)
A bishop's palace is a form of ecclesiastical architecture constituting the official residence of a bishop.The term was not used in the British Isles until the Church of England was restructured following the Norman Conquest of 1066 AD. However, the oldest has been dated to the seventh century. A bishop's palace provided luxury accommodation for a bishop along with facilities for the bishop's staff. See palaces were those which were in the vicinity of the bishops' cathedrals, others were more modest manor houses. They were generally set within enclosures, sometimes moated, often including ancillary buildings, such as halls, chapels or gatehouses. Although many were used throughout the medieval period, their use declined after the Reformation, and only a few are still in use in the twenty-first century. Historic England Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wells Episcopal Palace
The Bishop's Palace is the residence of the bishop of Bath and Wells in Wells, Somerset, England. The palace is adjacent to Wells Cathedral and has been the residence of the bishops since the early thirteenth century. It has been designated a grade I listed building. Building of the palace started around 1210 by bishops Jocelin of Wells and Reginald Fitz Jocelin, and the chapel and great hall were added by Bishop Robert Burnell between 1275 and 1292. The walls, gatehouse and moat were added in the 14th century by Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury. The Bishop’s House was added in the 15th century by Bishop Thomas Beckington. The great hall later fell into disrepair and was partially demolished around 1830. The palace was originally surrounded by a medieval deer park. When the walls were built, streams were diverted to form the moat as a reservoir. In the 1820s, the grounds within the walls were planted and laid out as pleasure grounds by Bishop George Henry Law, who created a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Summer Palace, Bratislava
The Episcopal Summer Palace (, ) is the former residence of the Archbishop of Esztergom. The palace was originally in the 17th century a Renaissance summer seat for the archbishops of Esztergom (since Esztergom had been occupied by the Ottoman Empire in 1543, the archbishops were based in Trnava). The baroque sculptor Georg Rafael Donner had a studio in the palace garden for almost 10 years. The palace now houses the government of Slovakia. History When the Turks started invading Europe, Hungarian nobility started fleeing into the northern parts of Hungary (present-day Slovakia). After the Turks captured Buda in 1541, Pozsony () (since 1918 Bratislava) became the capital city of Hungary. After the city of Esztergom was captured, the seat of the Esztergom archbishop (highest ranking Hungarian church official at that time) had to be moved. At first, he lived in the building of his predecessors at the place of today's Primate's Palace in the city center. The old gothic residence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Palace, Vienna
The Episcopal Palace (German: ''Erzbischöfliches Palais'') in Vienna, Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ... is the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna. It is located in the centre of the city next to St. Stephen's Cathedral. History The structure dates back to the middle ages. The current appearance came about in the baroque period of the 17th and 18th century. See also * Episcopal Summer Palace, Bratislava References External links * Episcopal palaces of the Catholic Church Palaces in Vienna {{RC-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Palace, Strasbourg
The Episcopal Palace (), formerly known as the Hôtel du grand Doyenné, is the seat of the Archdiocese of Strasbourg. A French Baroque hôtel particulier of the 1720s, it is located between Rue du Parchemin and Rue Brûlée, near Place Broglie, on Grande Île, the historic city center of Strasbourg, in the French department of the Bas-Rhin, Alsace. It has been classified as a since 1929. History The palace was built for the Dean of the Grand Chapter of Strasbourg Cathedral, Frédéric Constantin de La Tour d'Auvergne (1682–1732) of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne, between 1724 (1722, according to other sources) and 1732 (1731, 1733 or 1734 according to other sources). It was thus called ''Hôtel du grand Doyenné''. The plans were provided by Robert de Cotte, who would later design the Palais Rohan. The executive architect was Auguste Malo-Saussard (born 1690, last recorded alive in 1737; sometimes written Malo Auguste Saussard). The Hôtel du grand Doyenné was the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Palace, Porto
The Episcopal Palace () is the residence of the bishops of Porto, in Portugal. The palace is located on a high elevation, near Porto Cathedral, and dominates the skyline of the city. It is part of the historical centre of Porto, designated World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The palace is an important example of late Baroque and Rococo civil architecture in the city. History The original Episcopal Palace of Porto was built in the 12th or 13th century, as attested by some architectural vestiges like romanesque-style windows that exist inside the present building. In 1387, this mediaeval palace witnessed the marriage of John I of Portugal and Philippa of Lancaster. During the 16th and 17th centuries the palace was greatly enlarged, and an old drawing shows it to be composed of a series of buildings with towers, as was typical for the architecture of Portuguese manor houses of the period. The present palace, however, is the result of a radical rebuilding campaign carried out in the 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Palace, Angra Do Heroísmo
The Episcopal Palace () is a 16th-century former-religious building situated in the Freguesia (Portugal), civil parish of Sé (Angra do Heroísmo), Sé, Concelho, municipality of Angra do Heroísmo, on the Portuguese island of Terceira Island, Terceira, in the archipelago of the Azores. History On 3 November 1544, King John III of Portugal, John III ceded to the cathedral of Angra ''"para todo osempre"'' (''forevermore'') some houses and courtyards he owned. The properties were formerly rented by Francisco de Giberlião, which were exporpiated, owing to the debts he had; this included two residences, their chambers and kitchens, and one garden that faced the roadway, along ''horsetrack''. These buildings were expanded an improved, especially along Aljube, including the entrance-ways, in order to serve as the ecclesiastical services. The local government committed an annual subsidy of 500$000 Portuguese real, reis on 8 April 1603, for public works, to cover these projects, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Palace, Oradea
The Baroque Palace of Oradea (; ), also known as the Roman Catholic Episcopal Palace of Oradea (; ), of the city of Oradea in Bihor County, Romania, is a building that dates to the Baroque times. History It was founded in 1762 by the Baron Bishop Adam Patačić, as bishopric palace of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Magnovaradimum. Illustrious Viennese architect Franz Anton Hillebrandt, designer of many Austrian palaces and one of 18th century Europe's best, designed the palace and planned the city's posh side as Baroque quarter, while engineer A.J. Neumann was in charge of the massive palace's construction, complete with its 365 exterior windows resembling the days of the year and 120 large, extravagant rooms distributed on three floor plans. Construction on the building lasted from 1762 to 1777. The architecture of the palace is of late Austrian Baroque style, a more sober and practical type compared to the highly ornamented French Baroque, for example. The building was meant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Palace, Grosseto
The Episcopal Palace (), formerly Palazzo Ariosti, is a building in Grosseto, Tuscany. It is located on Corso Carducci, the main street in the city center, and houses the Bishop's residence, the diocesan offices, and the curia of the Diocese of Grosseto. History The building dates back to the 18th century and was originally owned by the Count Ariosti family. Between 1778 and 1780, Count Alfonso Ariosti sold the palace to Mario Nerucci, a member of a noble family from Amiata.Celuzza, Papa (2013): 108–110. On 20 November 1803, Bishop Fabrizio Selvi, who sought to provide the Diocese of Grosseto with a new episcopal residence, purchased the building from Nerucci, in exchange for the Palazzo Gigli, the old episcopal residence adjacent to the Cathedral of San Lorenzo. A few years later, Bishop Selvi hosted Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany and Grand Duchess Anna Maria of Saxony in the new episcopal palace, as noted by an inscription. During the period of ''sede vacante'' (1858–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
