Asamkirche (St. Johann Nepomuk)

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Asamkirche (St. Johann Nepomuk) is a lavishly decorated late Baroque church in Munich, Germany, renowned for its dramatic Rococo interior designed by the Asam brothers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque church ⓘ
Rococo architecture ⓘ
Roman Catholic church ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Asamkirche ⓘ
St. Johann Nepomuk ⓘ
architecturalStyle Late Baroque ⓘ
Rococo ⓘ
belongsToDiocese Archdiocese of Munich and Freising ⓘ
builtBy Asam brothers ⓘ
cityDistrict Altstadt-Lehel ⓘ
consecrationYear 1746 ⓘ
constructionEnd 1746 ⓘ
constructionStart 1733 ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
currentFunction parish church ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic ⓘ
designedBy Cosmas Damian Asam ⓘ
Egid Quirin Asam ⓘ
hasArtisticContributionBy Cosmas Damian Asam ⓘ
Egid Quirin Asam ⓘ
hasDecoration gilded ornamentation ⓘ
marble columns ⓘ
stucco angels ⓘ
hasDedication St. John of Nepomuk ⓘ
hasFacadeStyle Baroque ⓘ
hasFeature ceiling fresco depicting the life of St. John of Nepomuk ⓘ
gallery level ⓘ
gilded high altar ⓘ
narrow façade integrated into a row of houses ⓘ
single nave ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
interiorStyle Rococo ⓘ
locatedIn Bavaria ⓘ
Munich ⓘ
locatedOn Sendlinger Straße ⓘ
namedAfter John of Nepomuk ⓘ
notableFor dramatic Rococo interior ⓘ
illusionistic ceiling frescoes ⓘ
lavish interior decoration ⓘ
rich stucco work ⓘ
originalFunction private chapel ⓘ
period 18th century ⓘ
region Southern Germany ⓘ
linked to: southern Germany
religion Christianity ⓘ
usedFor tourist attraction ⓘ
worship ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Altstadt-Lehel → contains → Asamkirche (St. Johann Nepomuk) ⓘ
subject linked to: Altstadt-Lehel borough
Hadamar → hasLandmark → Baroque parish church of St. Johannes Nepomuk ⓘ
linked to: Asamkirche (St. Johann Nepomuk)