Vojković Palace, Baroque palace in Gradec, Croatia
Vojković Palace is a free-standing, one-story baroque palace at Matoševa 9 in Zagreb's Upper Town, built in 1764 to a design by an unknown architect. It has a U-shaped, three-wing plan with two unequal courtyard wings, set on a plot with a garden and enclosed courtyard. Count Sigizmund Vojković's coat of arms appears in stucco on the facade gable.
Vojković Palace was built in 1764 for Count Sigizmund Vojković, whose coat of arms appears in stucco on the facade; the architect is still unknown. In the 19th century it passed first to the Oršić family and then to the Rauch family, hence the name Oršić-Rauch Palace. Since 1947 it has housed the Croatian History Museum.
The building shows how wealthy families in Zagreb wanted to live and what architectural styles appealed to them. You can see this today in the careful design and the way the house fits into the street.
The palace is located in the Gornji Grad-Medveščak district and is easy to view from outside since it is protected and maintains its original appearance. Visitors can observe the facade and architectural details from the public space.
The stucco coat of arms on the facade's gable is that of Count Sigizmund Vojković (Vojkffy), who commissioned the palace in 1764; the architect remains unknown. The building later passed to the Oršić and then the Rauch families, which is why it is sometimes called the Oršić-Rauch Palace.
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