Armory (St. Gallen)
The armory now houses the state archive and cantonal court of the canton of St. Gallen as well as the monastery archive . The building in the classicism style was built from 1838 to 1841 as a cantonal armory . As part of the monastery district , the building was included in the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage sites worthy of protection in 1983. The «mobile» cultural assets of the monastery archive, such as documents and manuscripts, are an integral part of the world cultural heritage.
history
After the New Palatinate was built as the residence of the abbot of the Prince Abbey of St. Gallen between 1767 and 1769, the plan was to expand it with a "north wing", which is an architectural counterpart to the one hundred years older " courtyard " or "south wing" should form. As a result of the abolition of the abbey, the concept of the Baroque period was not completed until the 1830s.
From 1838 to 1841, the canton built the armory as a side wing of the residence. This served as a government building from 1803. The architect of the armory was Felix Wilhelm Kubly .
Building
The armory is a three-storey building with a slightly higher storey than the courtyard wing opposite. He completed the baroque concept of the monastery district. The main wing of the building has 21 window axes, the side wing faces west with nine axes. The windows and portals, five facing south, two facing west, have round arches. The furnishings are classical. A low north extension in the style of contemporary concrete architecture and the interior fittings date from 1979.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 25 '26.4 " N , 9 ° 22' 39.7" E ; CH1903: seven hundred and forty-six thousand two hundred ninety-nine / 254385