St. Kajatan
Theatiner Kirche
The Catholic Theatine Church St. Cajetan
was built from 1663 to 1690, it was founded by Elector Ferdinand
Maira and his wife, Henriette Adelaide of Savoy, as a thank for
the birth of the long-awaited heir to the Bavarian crown, Prince
Max Emanuel, in 1662. The church was built in Italian
high-baroque style after San Andrea del Valle in Rome and
designed by the Italian architect Agostino Barealli. His
successor, Enrico Zuccalli added two towers, which originally
were not planned and then finished the 71 meter (233 ft) high
dome in 1690. The facade in rococo style was completed only in
1768 by Francoise de Cuvilles. Its Mediterranean appearance and
yellow coloring became a well known symbol for the city and had
much influence on Southern German baroque architecture.
The rich stucco ornaments inside the
church have a remarkably light feeling owing to its brilliant
white color. The stucco decorations were done by Nicolo Petri
(1685 - 1688) while Wolfgang Leutner was responsible for the
stucco figures. The great black pulpit is a work of Andreas
Faistenberger (1686). A small chapel contains the tombs of King
Max II and his wife.
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