Theatinerkirche

The Theatinerkirche Church is a Catholic church located in Munich, Germany. The church was ordered to be built by Elector Ferdinand Maria and his wife Henriette Adelaide. It was built to represent the celebration of their son’s birth Prince Max Emanuel in 1662. The construction of the church began in 1663 and lasted until 1690. Theatinerkirche was designed by two Italian men named Agostino Barelli and Enrico Zucalli. The church is modeled after Rome’s Sant’ Andrea della Valle, making it a very baroque style of architecture with two high towers and a 233 foot dome. Also, the church’s exterior has a yellow color adds a slight Mediterranean feel. The interior of this masterpiece is like no other church in Munich. Many statues are located inside and it is made almost entirely of white stucco giving it a stunningly bright glow. Buried at the church in a small chapel you can find Max Emanuel, the prince for whom the church was built for, and his parents. Many members of the Wittelsbach family can also be found here along with King Maximally II and his wife Queen Maria.