The Goldener Saal (Golden Hall) is a ceremonial room in the 3rd floor of
Augsburg Town Hall, which is famous for its ceiling paintings, murals, and golden wall decoration. It was finished in 1643 and is one of the most important cultural monuments of the late
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...
.
The room was built after plans by Elias Holl.
In 1944, the Town Hall and the Goldener Saal were destroyed by an air raid and were reconstructed in 1996.
External links
Homepage
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* http://www.goldener-saal.de : Club for the restoration of the Goldener Saal
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Individual rooms
Architecture in Germany
Buildings and structures in Augsburg
Renaissance art
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