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. Dom St Jakob
The Baroque cathedral has VISITORS’ CHECkLIST
enchanting vault frescoes Practical Information
by Cosmas Damian Asam Road map B4. * 125,000.
and a picture of the n Burggraben 3 (0512) 59850.
Madonna and Child by _ Tanzsommer Innsbruck (Jun,
Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Jul) (0512) 561 561, Innsbrucker
Festwochen der Alten Musik
(Festival of Early Music, Jul, Aug)
(0512) 571032.
∑ innsbruck.info

H E R R E N G A S S E

. Hofburg
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E The interior of the imperial palace
w was extensively rebuilt in Rococo
N
N style during the reign of Maria
E Theresa, to designs by Johann
H O F G A S S E
R
Martin Gumpp the Younger and
Konstantin Johann von Walter.
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S U N I V E R S I T Ä T S – S T R A S S E
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L G Jesuitenkirche
A N G E R Z E L
P R O F . F . – M A I R – G A S S E

Landesmuseum
Hofkirche
The court church,
built in 1553–63
as a mausoleum for
Maximilian I and guarded
by large statues (right), was
0 metres 75
remodelled in the Baroque
0 yards 75 style by Georg Anton
Gumpp (see pp246–7).

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