Pellerhaus, Renaissance merchant house in Nuremberg, Germany
The Pellerhaus is a Renaissance merchant house in Nuremberg featuring a reconstructed courtyard with two-story galleries positioned above ground-level arcades. The building preserves original 17th-century walls at street level while its upper sections were rebuilt in 1957.
Martin Peller commissioned the building around 1602 and lived there from 1625 to 1629 with his family. The Peller family maintained ownership until 1828, after which the property changed hands several times.
The Beautiful Room with its carved wooden paneling and mythological ceiling paintings exemplifies how wealthy Renaissance merchants displayed their status through interior design. These decorative elements, now in the City Museum, reveal the sophisticated taste of Nuremberg's merchant class.
The building has housed the German Games Archive since 2013, a center dedicated to gaming history and culture. Check ahead of your visit as opening times and exhibitions may vary depending on the season.
The building reveals two distinct architectural periods in one structure: its ground-level arcades preserve actual Renaissance-era stonework. The upper sections were completely rebuilt after World War II, creating an unusual layering of historical and post-war construction in the same façade.
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