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If you don't know, you will miss the small entrance to the Aegidium next to the cafe.
The walls of the Aegidium are lined with mirrors on all floors and in almost every room. On the ground floor there is a vestibule made of large mirrors and lights. There are also three rooms on this level: a winter garden, a coffee room and a tobacco room. The highlight is definitely the stairs up.
On the first floor, at the top of the staircase of honor, there are two event rooms: a so-called “Moorish” hall and a Louis XV ballroom. The concert hall with Moorish decor is one of the few rooms preserved in this style, an Arabizing variant of Art Nouveau. The ballroom with Louis XV. Decor dates from 1956. Mirrors and the same decoration of the house can be found there.
There is another sticker under the mirrors. There the craftsmen are informed when the opening is and to please hurry up.
Construction began in 1905 and the opening took place on October 20, 1906.
The building was originally called Diamant Palace before the name was changed to Pantheon-Palace following a sale. In 1929 the locality was renamed Aegidium, the city's patron saint. In 1933 a renovation took place and a cinema moved into the building. From 1979 to 1985 the building was used as a conference center. It then had to be closed due to construction defects and was declared a listed building in 2006.
In 20013 it was bought by a private individual who had the 4,000 square meter total area converted and renovated. The renovation, which cost around EUR 4 million, has now begun and the building can no longer be entered.
The walls of the Aegidium are lined with mirrors on all floors and in almost every room. On the ground floor there is a vestibule made of large mirrors and lights. There are also three rooms on this level: a winter garden, a coffee room and a tobacco room. The highlight is definitely the stairs up.
On the first floor, at the top of the staircase of honor, there are two event rooms: a so-called “Moorish” hall and a Louis XV ballroom. The concert hall with Moorish decor is one of the few rooms preserved in this style, an Arabizing variant of Art Nouveau. The ballroom with Louis XV. Decor dates from 1956. Mirrors and the same decoration of the house can be found there.
There is another sticker under the mirrors. There the craftsmen are informed when the opening is and to please hurry up.
Construction began in 1905 and the opening took place on October 20, 1906.
The building was originally called Diamant Palace before the name was changed to Pantheon-Palace following a sale. In 1929 the locality was renamed Aegidium, the city's patron saint. In 1933 a renovation took place and a cinema moved into the building. From 1979 to 1985 the building was used as a conference center. It then had to be closed due to construction defects and was declared a listed building in 2006.
In 20013 it was bought by a private individual who had the 4,000 square meter total area converted and renovated. The renovation, which cost around EUR 4 million, has now begun and the building can no longer be entered.
