The Episcopal Palace (German: ''Erzbischöfliches Palais'') in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

is the seat of the

Archbishop of Vienna The Archbishop of Vienna is the prelate of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna who is concurrently the metropolitan bishop of its ecclesiastical province which includes the dioceses of Eisenstadt, Linz and St. Pölten. From 1469 to 1513, bish ...

. 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.

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* Episcopal palaces of the Catholic Church Palaces in Vienna {{RC-stub

History

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