Munich - Monastic Church of St Anne

(Local Name: Klosterkirche St Anna im Lehel) 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.

The church was badly damaged during the Second World War, and the reconstruction of the building, decoration and furnishings took many years. In the course of this work the church's beautiful Roccoco facade (concealed since 1853 by a Neo-Romanesque facade built on to it) was brought to light and