The Frauenkirche, or Cathedral of Our Dear Lady, is the seat of the archbishop of Munich and Freising and a symbol of the city. It is a late Gothic brick hall church, built in the second half of the 15th century to the design of the architect Jörg von Halsbach and consecrated in 1494. Its two towers, nearly one hundred meters high, were capped with their characteristic onion domes in the 1520s. A local rule holds that no building in the city center should be higher than the towers, and a vote in 2004 confirmed a height limit. The cathedral contains the tomb of Emperor Louis IV, and legend tells that a footprint in the entrance hall was left by the devil. It was badly damaged in the Second World War and rebuilt.
Before and after
- 1493Askia Muhammad I takes power and builds the Songhai Empire
- from 24 September 1493 to 13 July 1898Spanish colonization of the Americas
- 1494Birth of François Rabelais
- from 1494 to 1559Italian Wars
- 14 April 1494Construction of Frauenkirche
- 7 June 1494Treaty of Tordesillas
- 12 September 1494Birth of Francis I of France
- 6 November 1494Birth of Suleiman the Magnificent
- 1495Construction of Tomb of Askia
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The era
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