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A bishop's palace is a type official residence of any bishop, such as those listed in the Category:Episcopal palaces. Specific residences called Bishop's Palace include:
Bishopthorpe Palace is the official residence of the Archbishop of York at Bishopthorpe, North Yorkshire, England. [1] The palace is located on the River Ouse and is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of York , which is the location of the diocese's cathedral, York Minster .
In the year 1730, however, under Prince-Bishop Friedrich Carl von Schönborn (1729–46), work on the south block began once more. In 1732–33, the front of the Cour d'honneur was completed. From 1735 onwards, the work on the central building took place with the participation of Lucas von Hildebrandt.
It began as the bishop's residence for Maurice de Sully in 1161. The bishopric was elevated to an archbishopric in 1622, and in 1697 the palace was entirely rebuilt by Cardinal de Noailles, except for the chapel, which still existed in 1830. During the French Revolution of 1789, the Constituent Assembly held meetings in it.
A further change occurred in 1888 when the architects Bodley and Garner rebuilt and converted the southern portion of the medieval Great Hall into a chapel for the Bishop. [2] In 1945 it was decided that this Palace was too large and in 1948 the Bishop's residence was moved to Atherstone Place on the north side of the cathedral. [3]
Winchester Palace – former residence of the Bishop of Winchester in London; Bromley Palace – former residence of the Bishop of Rochester near London; Bishop's Waltham Palace – former residence of the Bishop of Winchester; Mathern Palace – former residence of the Bishop of Llandaff; Buckden Towers – former residence of the Bishop of ...
The Palace of the Prince-Bishops (French: Palais des Princes-Evêques) is a historic building situated on the Place Saint-Lambert in the centre of Liège, Belgium. It was the residence of former Prince-Bishops of Liège and once faced the monumental Cathedral of St. Lambert.
[a] The last few prince-bishops resided at the Würzburg Residence, which is one of the grandest Baroque palaces in Europe. As a consequence of the 1801 Treaty of Lunéville , Würzburg, along with the other ecclesiastical states of Germany, was secularized in 1803 and absorbed into the Electorate of Bavaria .