Lillienhoff Palace, 17th century palace in Medborgarplatsen, Sweden
Lillienhoff Palace is a four-storey building with a full cellar at Götgatan 48 on Medborgarplatsen, its facades decorated with heavy fruit festoons and colossal pilasters in the Dutch baroque manner. The ground floor holds the Snaps restaurant, which also uses an enclosed sunken courtyard to the west and a patio on the square; the upper floors contain offices and apartments.
A wealthy merchant commissioned a notable architect to design this house in the early 1670s and was soon thereafter elevated to nobility. In the early 18th century, the building served briefly as a diplomatic residence before serving other purposes later.
The name comes from Joachim Pötter, ennobled as Lillienhoff in 1668; the earlier name Rumpf was a mix-up with another house on Götgatan. Since 1993 the ground floor has housed the Snaps restaurant, which also uses the enclosed sunken courtyard to the west and a large patio on the square in summer.
The building stands at Götgatan 48 on the northeast side of Medborgarplatsen, a short walk from the Medborgarplatsen metro station. The ground-floor restaurant and its summer terrace on the square are open to the public; the upper floors are private apartments and offices. The enclosed courtyard west of the building is reached through the restaurant.
In the 1970s, the underground section became a popular venue for nightlife and music events. This unexpected use of the historic cellar turned the building into a cultural meeting point beyond its original purposes.
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