Porcia Palace

In 1693, the Palais Porcia was constructed by court architect Enrico Zuccalli for Count Fugger, marking it as the first palace in Munich built in the Italian Baroque style. Elector Karl Albrecht gifted the estate to his mistress, Countess Topor-Morawitzka, in 1731. It later received its current name after her husband, Prince Porcia. A redesign in the Rococo style was carried out in 1736 by court architect François de Cuvilliés, who, among other changes, replaced the balcony balustrade with a wrought-iron grille featuring the initials J, T, and M. In 1819, the Literarische Gesellschaft Museum acquired the building for 70,000 Gulden and commissioned Leo von Klenze to install a hall.