Munich - Monastic Church of St Anne Klosterkirche St Anna im Lehel
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The Monastic Church of St Anne, built by Johann Michael Fischer in 1727-33, was the first Roccoco church in Old Bavaria (i.e. Bavaria within its smaller pre-1803 boundaries). Its central plan was a novelty, the Italian pattern of a rectilinear nave with pilasters here giving place to a central oval with niches and with the chancel and porch built on at either end.
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The fine interior decoration and furnishings (largely reconstructed) were the work of the Asam brothers and Johann Baptist Straub.
High altar: tabernacle and angels in adoration by Straub (1737); stucco figures by Egid Quirin Asam; altarpiece by Asam (reconstructed), "St Anne teaching Mary the Scriptures in the presence of St Joachim".
Front niches: altarpieces, "The last Communion of St Jerome" (right) and "St Paula of Rome with her daughter Eustachia" (left).
Side niches: Early Baroque figure of St Anthony (1682; right), altar with 17th c. "Mater Dolorosa" (left).
Frescoes: scenes from the life of St Anne (by Asam, reconstructed).
Transit: U-Bahn: U4, U5 (Lehel); Tram: 20.
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