Helbling Haus

About this audio guide

This guide to the Helbling House in Innsbruck follows Anton Gigl, a young stucco master from the Wessobrunn school, hired in seventeen twenty-five to remake a blunt Gothic townhouse across from the Golden Roof. It traces his freehand plasterwork through the rooms and stairwells of the house, and follows the later family, the Helblings, who gave it the name it still carries. Stand across the street from the entrance for the best view of the window frame where his flowers and shells still cling to the stone.