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Court church

Hofkirche
Universitätsstr. 2
6020 Innsbruck
Austria

The Court Church was built between 1553 and 1563 by Ferdinand I. It contains the most impressive of Innsbruck’s imperial monuments, the Cenotaph of Emperor Maximilian I – a sumptuously decorated sarcophagus ringed by 28 larger than life bronze statues, representing the Emperor’s ancestors and his heroes of antiquity. The sarcophagus itself is decorated with 24 marble friezes, depicting scenes from the Emperor’s life.

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