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[fbl_login_button redirect="" hide_if_logged="" size="large" type="continue_with" show_face="true"]The largest Renaissance church north of the Alps, St. Michael’s was completed in 1597, with a high barrel-vaulted roof in the nave. The pattern of the triumphal arch at the entrance to the choir is continued in the arches of the transepts, side chapels, and galleries. The three-story-high altar has an altarpiece, St. Michael Fighting the Devil, from 1587. The four bronze reliefs dating from 1595 were intended for the tomb of Duke William V, while in the side chapels are some fine paintings and a precious reliquary of Saints Cosmas and Damian from around 1400. The church’s historical importance is in the Royal Crypt (Fürstengruft) underneath the choir, where 41 members of the House of Wittelsbach – among them Duke Wilhelm V, the church’s patron; Elector Maximilian I; and King Ludwig II – are buried.
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