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Michaelskirche

Address: Neuhauserstr. 52, City Center, Munich | Map It
Phone: 089/231-7060

St. Michael's Church

Category: Religious Sites
Location: City Center

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Fodor's Review:

A curious story explains why this sturdy Renaissance church has no tower. Seven years after the start of construction the main tower collapsed. Its patron, pious Duke Wilhelm V, regarded the disaster as a heavenly sign that the church wasn't big enough, so he ordered a change in the plans—this time without a tower. Completed seven years later, the barrel vaulting of Michaelskirche is second in size only to that of St. Peter's in Rome. The duke is buried in the crypt, along with 40 other Wittelsbach family members, including the eccentric King Ludwig II. A severe neoclassical monument in the north transept contains the tomb of Napoléon's stepson, Eugene de Beauharnais, who married one of the daughters of King Maximilian I and died in Munich in 1824. The church is the venue for free performances of church music. A poster to the right of the front portal gives the dates.

Cost: EUR 2 crypt
Open: Daily 8-7, except during services
Metro: Karlsplatz (U-bahn and S-bahn)

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