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Baroque Episcopal Palace

282 windows of Viennese Baroque grandeur

Palatul Episcopal Baroc

Built 1762–1777 for the Roman Catholic bishops of Oradea to designs by Viennese court architect Franz Anton Hillebrandt, this U-shaped palace has 282 windows and around a hundred rooms. It housed the Museum of the Crișuri Land from 1971 until 2004, when it returned to the Catholic Church.

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“Walk through the park until the long yellow façade fills your whole view. Count the windows if you like: there are 282 of them.” Narrated by Echo · 7 languages

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