Asamkirche (St. Johann Nepomuk)

E753881

Baroque church Rococo architecture Roman Catholic church

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Baroque parish church of St. Johannes Nepomuk	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque church ⓘ Rococo architecture ⓘ Roman Catholic church ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Asamkirche NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Johann Nepomuk NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Late Baroque ⓘ Rococo ⓘ
belongsToDiocese	Archdiocese of Munich and Freising NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtBy	Asam brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityDistrict	Altstadt-Lehel NERFINISHED ⓘ
consecrationYear	1746 ⓘ
constructionEnd	1746 ⓘ
constructionStart	1733 ⓘ
country	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentFunction	parish church ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic ⓘ
designedBy	Cosmas Damian Asam NERFINISHED ⓘ Egid Quirin Asam NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArtisticContributionBy	Cosmas Damian Asam NERFINISHED ⓘ Egid Quirin Asam NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDecoration	gilded ornamentation ⓘ marble columns ⓘ stucco angels ⓘ
hasDedication	St. John of Nepomuk NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	John of Nepomuk NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic Rococo interior ⓘ illusionistic ceiling frescoes ⓘ lavish interior decoration ⓘ rich stucco work ⓘ
originalFunction	private chapel ⓘ
period	18th century ⓘ
region	Southern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
usedFor	tourist attraction ⓘ worship ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Altstadt-Lehel borough → contains → Asamkirche (St. Johann Nepomuk) ⓘ

subject surface form: Altstadt-Lehel

Hadamar → hasLandmark → Asamkirche (St. Johann Nepomuk) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baroque parish church of St. Johannes Nepomuk