PORTALS OF CHEB
OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF CITY CHEB
TOURIST INFOCENTRE
HISTORICAL CHEB FOUNDATION
CULTURAL CENTER SVOBODA
WEST CZECH THEATER CHEB
CITY LIBRARY IN CHEB
SIGHTS
HOUSES ON THE SQUARE AND THE PEDESTRIAN ZONE
GABLER HOUSE
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Gabler House
Accessible to the public only during operating hours of the businesses residing here.
With its articulate and richly decorated Rococo facade, the house belongs among the most valuable examples of an 18th century, Late Baroque conversion. The originally Late Gothic house along with neighbouring houses was acquired by the Jesuits in 1657 who wanted to rebuild them into a college. Nevertheless, the construction was never executed and the only remnant of the original decorations is the relief above the entrance with the figure of the Virgin Mary and a chronogram indicating the date 1662. In the mid 18th century, the house received its well-preserved Rococo facade distinguished by delicate decorations with rocaille ornaments and an allegory of the four seasons. Rococo murals were uncovered in the interiors on the first floor and a fragment of a Late Gothic fresco on the second floor. At the turn of the 18th and 19th century, the property was in the possession of alderman Anton Gabler. Thanks to Gabler’s voluminous library and a large music collection, the house became a popular cultural salon of the town’s high society.
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