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Innsbruck - Golden Roof Goldenes Dachl

 
The arcaded Herzog-Friedrich-Strasse, lined with handsome burghers' houses, enters the Old Town quarter from the south and makes straight for the famous Goldenes Dachl, the "Golden Roof", which is every tourist's first objective. This magnificent Late Gothic oriel window roofed with gilded copper tiles was built in 1494-96 to commemorate Maximilian I's marriage to Bianca Maria Sforza and served as a box from which the court watched civic festivities in the square below.

Must-see attractions nearby:
Golden Roof
Bergisel
Tirolese Museum of Folk Art
Alpine Zoo
Tirolese Regional Museum
Tirolese Provincial Museum
Helblinghaus
The house behind, completely rebuilt in 1822, was previously a ducal palace (the Neuer Hof), formed by the conversion, at some time after 1420, of two earlier burghers' houses. The lower balustrade is decorated with coats of arms, the open balcony above with 10 figural reliefs.

The Golden Roof is made up of 2,657 gilded copper tiles.

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The famous Late Gothic oriel windows called the Golden Roof in Innsbruck.The famous Late Gothic oriel windows called the Golden Roof in Innsbruck.
The Golden Roof in Innsbruck.The Golden Roof in Innsbruck.
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