The Maximilianstraße is a street in the old-town area of Augsburg in Germany. It is one of the city's most historic streets and is the site of the Fuggerhäuser.
The Cathedral of Augsburg is a Roman Catholic church in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, founded in the 11th century in Romanesque style, but with 14th-century Gothic additions. Together with the Basilica of St. Ulrich and Afra, it is one of the city's main attractions. It measures 113 x 40 m, and its towers are 62 m high. It is dedicated to the Visitation of Virgin Mary.
St. Anne's Church in Augsburg, Germany, is a medieval church building that was originally part of a monastery built in 1321. It is notable for its elaborate interior decoration.
The Schaezlerpalais is a magnificent baroque palace in Augsburg.
The Palace extends far back from the street, encompassing dozens of magnificent rooms, courtyards and gardens. The gilded, mirrored, ballroom, built between 1765-70) survives intact, and is widely regarded as the most artistically significant Rococo ball room in Germany. Carl Albert von Lespilliez was the architect of the Schaezlerpalais.
The building is a registered historic monument declared by the State of Bavaria.
The palace houses the following art collections
Deutsche Barockgalerie, Southern German paintings of the 17th and 18th century
Karl und Magdalene Haberstock-Stiftung Baroque paintings, e.g. Paolo Veronese, Canaletto, Anthony van Dyck and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Staatsgalerie Altdeutsche Meister with paintings from Southern Germany of the 15th and 16th century , a subsidiary of Bavarian State Picture Collection
Temporary exhibition rooms Adjacent to the building complex, a Baroque garden is open to the public.
