This over-the-top 18th-century church was designed by the Asam brothers, who Rococo’d many of Bavaria’s churches. The Baroque façade pops out of an otherwise ordinary street. The interior is small, just 22 x 8 meters, but not an inch was spared. It is divided into three sections – the dark, lower portion is for visitors […]
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Domkirche zu St. Jakob (Cathedral of St. James), Innsbruck, Austria
This 18th century baroque cathedral has name-dropping pedigree, as it was designed by starchitect Johann Jakob Herkommer and Munich’s Asam brothers. The current structure with two bell towers was built between 1717-24 on the site of a prior Gothic church. Look up at the fresco showing the life of Jakob, the holy patron of the […]
