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Munich (Mu00fcnchen) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg
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Munich (München) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Bavaria. The boulevard between Marienplatz and Karlsplatz/Stachus, with the medieval city gate Karlstor, is a pedestrian zone and Munich's busiest shopping area St.Michael's Church is the largest Renaissance church north of the Alps. Built 1583-1597 for the Jesuits under the patronage of Duke Wilhelm V as a symbol to the Counter-Reformation's triumph over north German Lutheranism, the facade contains sculptures of Bavarian rulers. The barrel vault inside spans 20 meters
A manhole cover in central Altstadt bearing the city's coat of arms
Neuhauser Straße, Old University and church of the Jesuit order St Michael, with the tower of Frauenkirche in the background
The facade is impressive and contains standing statues of Duke Wilhelm and earlier rulers of the Bavarian Wittelsbach dynasty, cast in bronze, in the form of a family tree Facade after…1945
Neuhauser StraßeSt.Michael Kirche, the Former Augustinian Church and the tower of Frauenkirche in the background
Hubert Gerhard's large bronze statue (1588) between the two entrances shows the Archangel Michael fighting for the Faith and killing the Evil
The church is 78.2 meters long, 20.3 meters wide and 28.2 meters high
The interior is a representation of the triumph of Catholicism as true Christianity during the Counter-Reformation. The heavily indented chancel arch as well as the short side aisles and even the side chapels are designed as a triumphal arch to ancient model
Saint Anne, the Virgin and Jesus 1515/20
Reliquary (1400/1420) in St. Michael's Church, containing the alleged skulls of Cosmas and Damian
Holy Cosmas and holy Damian shrine The convent of the Poor Clares in Madrid also has two skulls of Saints Cosmas and Damian
The sculpture of the holy angel in the nave from Hubert Gerhard (1595) was originally intended for the tomb of William V, which was not completed
Angel from Hubert Gerhard (1595) Having suffered severe damage during the Second World War, the church was restored in 1946-48. Between 1980 and 1983 the stucco-work was restored and finally the façade in 2013.
The church crypt contains the tomb of Eugène de Beauharnais. A monument was erected by Bertel Thorwaldsen in 1830 in the church
Eugène de Beauharnais was the son of Josephine de Beauharnais, Napoleon's wife and her first husband, general Alexandre de Beauharnais.
Eugène de Beauharnais married a daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria in 1806 and Duke of Leuchtenberg was created in 1817
Neuhauser Straße. The boulevard between Karlsplatz/Stachus, with the medieval city gate Karlstor, and Marienplatz, has been a pedestrian zone and Munich's busiest shopping area since the 1970
NeuhauserStraße, Museum of Hunting and Fishing in Former Augustinian Church (former Augustinerkirche)
Il porcellino in front of the Deutschen Jagd- und Fischereimuseum (Hunting & Fishing Museum)
Il Porcellino (Italian "piglet") is the local Florentine nickname for the bronze fountain of a boar. The fountain figure was sculpted and cast by Baroque master Pietro Tacca (1577–1640)
The Augustinerkloster (also known as the St. John the Baptist and John the Evangelist) was constructed during the 13th century and expanded during the next two centuries. In 1803 the abbey was dissolved, and the church was deconsecrated
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