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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 areaSt.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

Neuhauser Straße

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

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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 treeFacade 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 Evil in the shape of a humanoid demon

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

The High Altar Christoph Schwartz 1587

Saint Anne, the Virgin and

Jesus1515/20

Holy Cosmas and holy Damian shrine

Reliquary (1400/1420) in St. Michael's Church,

containing the alleged skulls of

Cosmas and Damian

Holy Cosmas and holy Damian shrineThe 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

Holy water Angel from Hubert Gerhard (1595)

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.

Bejeweled St Benedictus' remains

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

Former Augustinian

Church (Augustinerkirche)

Neuhauser Straße, 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

Text: InternetPictures: Internet & Sanda FoişoreanuCopyright: All the images belong to their authors

Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuhttps://plus.google.com/+SandaMichaela

Sound: Richard Strauss - Im Abendrot - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa 08.2

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