Michaelskirche Munich

... its lofty position underscored by the erection of bankrupting Renaissance splendours like the Residenz, the Bavarian State Library and Michaelskirche. Munich was temporarily surrendered to Sweden during the Thirty Years' War, and came under Habsburg rule ...

... inside to admire its cavernously tall, white-pillared interior. A little wander further on took us to the Baroque jesuit Michaelskirche, church just down the road, with a beautiful interior and Europe's widest vault outside Rome. Onward and outward, ...

... languages. Poor bloke, talk about the work of Sisyphus. Following the Lonely Planet walking tour, we checked out the Michaelskirche and the Karlstor, another mediaeval gate, before taking the underground to the German Museum. It is a great science ...