beautiful stamp Austria 6.00 (Styria, Graz Landhaus, county hall capitol city of Styria, seat of regional government) timbres Autriche postzegel Schilling violet purple Österreich Briefmarke selo de correio sello de correo frimaerke postzegel Oostenrijk

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beautiful stamp Austria postzegel postes timbres Autriche 6.00 Schilling violet purple Österreich Briefmarke Graz Landhaus county hall capitol city Graz (Steiermark, Styria) - seat of regional government selo de correio sello de correo frimaerke postzegel Oostenrijk اتریش تمبر bélyegek Ausztria طوابع النمسا znaczki Austria timbre stamp selo franco bollo postage porto sellos marka briefmarke francobollo revenue frankatur Austria

 

following info 'bout this stamp-theme with friendly acceptance by austrian post:

 

Architectural Monuments in Austria - "Landhaus in Graz"

 

Graz, the capital of Styria, was a popular settlement area in ancient times due to its ideal geographic location between Mur River and Mt. Schlossberg. The city was first mentioned in a document dated 1115. The name Graz is derived from the fortress built on Schlossberg (Gradec = small fortress). In 1180, Styria became a duchy that, 12 years later under the Babenbergs and reinforced in 1283 under the Habsburgs, became part of Austria. Being a borderland to the East, Styria fulfilled an important protective function, and was influenced by quite varied artistic movements in the course of the centuries. This is reflected by the numerous architectural and artistic highlights of Graz. The stamp shows a special gem of historical architecture in this city, the Landhaus of Graz. This house of the Styrian estates, developed over more than four centuries, has become the first and foremost secular building of the entire province. Initially, it comprised only a few houses that served as the chancellery and meeting place of the Styrian estates from 1494 on. After that, it was expanded into a major compound with several arcade courts from the 16th to the 19th century. In Schmiedgasse lane, you can see the oldest part of the building with the majestical round-arch door with its simple design that was allegedly built by the stonemason Hanns Schweigauer from Steyr in 1553. At the corner of Landhausgasse and Schmiedgasse streets, there is the knights' wing that was constructed by Italian architects between 1527 and 1531.

 

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