!!!Goldenes Dachl

Goldenes Dachl, magnificent oriel from the late Gothic period with 
roof made of 2738 gilded copper tiles in Innsbruck (Tyrol). It was 
built by Niklas Tuering the Elder in nearly three years (1497/98-1500) 
for  Maximilian I, who wanted the work to be finished in time for 
the new century (1500). Previously, the building was the second town 
residence for the Prince Bishop of Brixen in Innsbruck. The oldest 
reliefs that are still intact depict Maximilian (portraits en face and 
in profile), his two wives, his court jester, Archduke  Sigmund (long 
believed to represent a Councillor), Moorish dancers performing the 
Moresca, and the coats of arms. The original reliefs are on show in 
the Landesmuseum of Tirol. Frescoes by J.  Koelderer depict 
standard-bearers holding the banners of the Empire and of Tirol and 
are dated "im XV jar" (=1500). By the same artist are the frescoes in 
the open loggia, depicting Maximilian with members of his immediate 
family. In the same building, the  Maximilianeum museum was opened in 
1996.

!Literature
J. Felmayer, Die profanen Kunstdenkmaeler der Stadt 
Innsbruck, 1972; idem, Das Goldene Dachl in Innsbruck, 1996.


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