Würzburg Residence

The Würzburg Residence (Würzburger Residenz) is a major Baroque and rococo palace in the city of Würzburg, Bavaria. Commissioned in 1720 by Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp Franz von Schönborn and his brother Friedrich Carl von Schönborn, construction was begun in 1720 and completed in 1744. The building's principal architect was Balthasar Neumann; other architects associated with the project include Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt, Maximilian von Welsch, Robert de Cotte, and Germain Boffrand. The palace interior includes fresco work by the Venetian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, assisted by his son Domenico. The site is catalogued as a cultural heritage monument (identifier D-6-63-000-454 per Wikidata). The supplied research materials focus on architectural and cultural-historical aspects and do not provide details on later ownership changes, wartime damage, restorations, or modern management.