Pacelli-Palais, City palace in Schwabing, Munich, Germany

Pacelli-Palais is a city palace in Schwabing featuring three prominent domes and an ornately designed facade. The sculptures and architectural details show the care taken in designing this building.

Joseph Hölzle built the villa in 1880–1881 as a grand bourgeois residence at Georgenstraße 8. In 1900–1901 he himself carried out a thorough remodelling in the neo-baroque style. The house was built as a semi-detached pair with the Palais Bissing next door at Georgenstraße 10, which was also altered in 1902.

The building's name recalls the Pacelli family, though the sources do not record when or why it was attached. What a visitor can still pick out at Georgenstraße 8 are the sculptures carved by H. Schneider and the large-format mosaics set into the loggia, both part of the 1900/1901 neo-baroque refit by Joseph Hölzle.

The palace is located at Georgenstraße 8 in Munich's Schwabing district, an area full of other historical and cultural sites. You can easily explore the neighborhood on foot and find many opportunities to learn more about local history.

This palace forms a harmonious architectural ensemble with the neighboring Bissing Palace, both arranged symmetrically. This deliberate pairing of two similarly designed baroque revival buildings side by side is one of the area's most interesting features.