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The '''Trinity Church''' in Munich, Germany, is a votive church and was designed in Bavarian Baroque style according to plans from [[Giovanni Antonio Viscardi]] from 1711 to 1718. It is a monastery church of the [[Carmelites]] and a church of the Metropolitan parish of Our Blessed Lady. During the Second World War this was the only church in Munich that was spared from the devastation by bombing.
The '''Trinity Church''' in Munich, Germany, is a votive church and was designed in Bavarian Baroque style according to plans from [[Giovanni Antonio Viscardi]] from 1711 to 1718. It is a monastery church of the [[Carmelites]] and a church of the Metropolitan parish of Our Blessed Lady. During the Second World War this was the only church in the center of Munich, which had been spared from destruction by bombs.


A pledge was kept (due to the prophecy of Anna Maria Lindmayr); people hoped to be spared by the Austrians during the [[War of the Spanish Succession|Spanish Succession war]]. Important works by [[Cosmas Damian Asam]] (ceiling paintings), [[Joseph Ruffini]], [[Andreas Faistenberger]], [[Johann Baptist Straub]] and [[Johann Georg Baader]] can be admired inside.
A pledge was kept (due to the prophecy of Anna Maria Lindmayr); people hoped to be spared by the Austrians during the [[War of the Spanish Succession|Spanish Succession war]]. Important works by [[Cosmas Damian Asam]] (ceiling paintings), [[Joseph Ruffini]], [[Andreas Faistenberger]], [[Johann Baptist Straub]] and [[Johann Georg Baader]] can be admired inside.

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48°08′27″N 11°34′15″E / 48.14083°N 11.57083°E / 48.14083; 11.57083

Trinity Church
Trinity Church

The Trinity Church in Munich, Germany, is a votive church and was designed in Bavarian Baroque style according to plans from Giovanni Antonio Viscardi from 1711 to 1718. It is a monastery church of the Carmelites and a church of the Metropolitan parish of Our Blessed Lady. During the Second World War this was the only church in the center of Munich, which had been spared from destruction by bombs.

A pledge was kept (due to the prophecy of Anna Maria Lindmayr); people hoped to be spared by the Austrians during the Spanish Succession war. Important works by Cosmas Damian Asam (ceiling paintings), Joseph Ruffini, Andreas Faistenberger, Johann Baptist Straub and Johann Georg Baader can be admired inside.

The patronal feast is All Saints Holy Trinity (the Sunday after Whitsun).

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