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Schloss Weißenstein

Schloss Weißenstein is a Schloss or palatial residence in Pommersfelden, Bavaria, southern Germany. It was designed for Lothar Franz von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and Archbishop of Mainz, to designs by Johann Dientzenhofer and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. Weißenstein, built as a private summer residence, remains in the Schönborn family. It is considered a masterwork of Baroque architecture.

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1718

Bamberg Rural District, Bamberg Rural District, Germany

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Schloss Weißenstein in Bamberg Rural District, Germany

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Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt

1668-1745 · Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt was an Austrian baroque architect and military engineer who designed stately buildings and churches and whose work had a profound influence on the architecture of the Habsburg Empire in the eighteenth century. After studying in Rome under Carlo Fontana, he constructed fortresses for Prince…

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Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt

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