Storno House, Baroque corner house in Sopron, Hungary

Storno House is a palace-like Baroque corner house on Sopron's Fő tér, given its final form in 1720 under the Festetics family. Its corner carries a two-storey, richly decorated round closed balcony, and the basket-arched gate is flanked by Tuscan half-columns bearing the Festetics coat of arms. A finely carved pelican serves as the door knocker.

Originally the residence of the Haberleiter family, the building served as royal lodging in 1482-83. King Matthias used it as a base while conducting military operations against Vienna.

Ferenc Storno Sr., a painter and restorer from Bavaria, bought the house in 1882 from the Isépy family. He rescued many monuments threatened with destruction, and these works became the basis of the Storno collection, now shown in two permanent exhibitions of the Soproni Museum.

The Soproni Museum's headquarters occupies the house, with two permanent exhibitions: the local history collection and the Storno collection. The building stands on the corner of Fő tér in the inner town, and the two-storey closed corner balcony and the basket-arched gate face the square.

The basket-arched gate is framed by Tuscan half-columns and topped with the Festetics coat of arms, a reminder of the family that gave the house its final form in 1720. Look closely at the door: the knocker is carved as a pelican, a detail easily missed by visitors heading straight for the courtyard.