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Bolongaro Palace (Höchst)

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The Bolongaropalast in Frankfurt-Höchst is an example of Baroque residential architecture and is the largest private Baroque building of its time. Its expansive layout and opulent design make it an important historical building in the region.

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The merchants and tobacco manufacturers Josef Maria Markus and Jakob Philipp Bolongaro, originally from Stresa on Lago Maggiore, had the palace built between 1772 and 1774. They had settled in Frankfurt am Main in 1735 and established a business there. As Catholics, they were denied citizenship in the Lutheran imperial city of Frankfurt, so they accepted the offer of Elector Emmerich Josef of Mainz to settle in the Höchst Neustadt, founded in 1768. After the Elector's death in 1774, the Neustadt project was abandoned, and the Bolongaros used the palace only briefly. Following the death of Josef Maria Markus in 1779, the heirs finally obtained Frankfurt citizenship in 1783.

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