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Burghers' Hall Description

(Local Name: Baroque Bürgersaal) The Baroque Bürgersaal (Burghers' Hall) in Munich is a "double" church with a prayer hall above and lower under church beneath, was the meeting-place and place of worship of the Marian Congregation (a community under Jesuit direction). It was built in 1709-10 to the design of Giovanni Antonio Viscardi and has been in use as a church since 1778. It was destroyed during the Second World War and rebuilt in 1945-46.

The facade with its double pilasters is still in its original condition, apart from the side doors, which were later insertions. In a niche over the main doorway is a figure of the Virgin and Child on a crescent moon.

The interior stucco-work is by

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