The brilliant architect Enrico Zuccalli, who brought the Italian architectural style to Bavaria, died 300 years ago. He left a lasting impression on the local church and castle landscape. A bow.
Dolce Vita, gelato, gondolas in Nymphenburg – it’s a nonsense to call Munich the northernmost city in Italy, but it’s just too tempting. After all, the Bavarian capital exudes a lot of Mediterranean lightness on good days. And that’s not just because of all the trattorias, osterias and pizzerias. Many buildings and churches in Munich are influenced by the artistry of Italian masters, and until a few decades ago even the city’s language sounded to the tune of the south. A phenomenon that goes back to the Electress Henriette Adelaide, who came from the House of Savoy-Piedmont and was married to Bavaria a good 370 years ago when she was 14 years old. In 1651, her husband Ferdinand Maria, who was the same age, took over the reins of government under guardianship from his late father, the powerful Elector Maximilian I, who had led the Catholic League in the Thirty Years’ War.