Asamkirche

After checking into our hotel, the Asamkirche, a rather unassuming (from the outside) church was our first stop. I read it was a must see-- amazing interior. and etc. Catholic Baroque, of course, seeing how it's southern Bavaria. I wasn't predisposed to like it, while I love Baroque music, the art and architecture, not so much.

This was absolutely my most favorite interior of the trip. It was breathtaking. There's so much going on, and it's busy, but despite that, to me it wasn't overwhelming. It's so much, even more "so much" than usual for Baroque, but it didn't seem that way. It worked.

The chapel was built by the brothers Cosmas Damian (the painter and architect) and Egid Quirin Asam (the sculptor) in the 1730s-1740s as a private family chapel. It stands next to the family home (privately owned today).

I had to select ten pictures, and it was difficult. The detail, the artistry, it was very engaging and I took over forty in this place-- forty and there's no stained glass windows-- so that's saying something. Definitely a place we'd return to.Leer más