Metropolitan chambers

In the 17^th century the construction of the Metropolitan chambers began. The design of the facades and the inner decoration were finished already in the 17^th century. Placed on the steep hill-side, on the place of the priors’ cells of the 16^th century, the building has 3 storeys on the south side and 2 ones on the north side. The Metropolitan chambers are the accumulation of a number of epoch’s: the ground floor represents the 16^th century, the first floor was constructed in the middle of the 17^th century, and the second one – in the end of the 18^th century. The present day appearance the chambers got in 1778 when on the north facade a balcony with low columns was built and the walls were decorated with figured casings. In the same period the decoration of the upper floor rooms with rich stucco moldings, composed floors and huge tile stores of whimsical forms was performed.

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