Description of the attraction
The Old Landhaus is located in the very center of Innsbruck's main street - Maria Theresa Street. This is already considered a New City, and the building itself was built in the years 1725-1728. For a long time it served as a meeting place for the regional council, but then lost its administrative status, as a new Landhouse was built in 1939.
The Old Landhaus is striking in its size - it is one of the largest palaces in the city. It is considered a masterpiece of the Austrian late Baroque. The architect of the building was Georg Anton Gumpp. The building consists of three floors and is richly decorated with exquisite pilasters, stucco moldings, allegorical bas-reliefs, as well as a tympanum located on the uppermost tier.
However, the interior of the palace deserves special attention. The lobby of the first floor is made in antique style - vases, busts and sculptures depicting ancient Roman gods are effectively distributed in its niches.
And on the second floor there is a luxuriously decorated meeting room of the regional council, made in the form of an Italian gallery and occupying the entire floor. It is also decorated with exquisite stucco moldings and monuments to the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I and Archduke Leopold V of Austria, patron saint of the Jesuit order in Tyrol. The main decoration of the hall is the painting of its walls and ceiling, made by one of the main baroque masters of that time - the Bavarian artist Azam, who also painted the cathedral of the city of Innsbruck. The frescoes in the meeting room are based on selected subjects from the Old Testament. By the way, the original sculptures from the column of St. Anne, completed at the beginning of the 18th century, are also kept here.
In the building of the old Landhaus, there is also a small chapel dedicated to the patron saint of Tyrol - St. George. It is made in light pastel colors and decorated with exquisite snow-white stucco moldings.
