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Asam Church

A tiny church crammed with gold, marble and swirling rococo decoration, built by two brothers as their private chapel.

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Open
Every day
Price
Free
Time Needed
20 minutes
Address
Sendlinger Strasse 32, 80331 MunichDirections
Getting There
Sendlinger Tor station (U-Bahn).

Why Go

The Asam brothers, a sculptor and a painter, built the church next to their house in the 1730s and 1740s, filling its narrow space from floor to ceiling.

It's squeezed into a row of houses on Sendlinger Strasse.

Nearby in Munich

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