The Residenz, let's discover a thousand years of history in one place, The Treasury, part. II
Hello travelers
As I wrote in the last post in this community our experience at The Residenz in the center of Munich I decided to divide it into three parts, in the first part I presented the Royal Palace (if you haven't seen the post yet you can do it here) and now in the second part I will present the history of 1000 years all in one place, The Treasury.
The Treasury is a continuation of the spectacular imagery, the opulence, the extravagance of this place, which in my opinion can only be found here in the heart of Munich.
To visit The Treasury you don't have to leave the building where you visited the Royal Palace, it's like a continuation of the palace visit.
As I wrote in the previous post to visit The Treasury you have to pay the entrance fee, you have the option to visit only The Treasury, in this case the ticket costs 9euro/person or you can choose the combined option (as we did) which costs 17euro/person.
After we visited the palace we had to retreat to a place to take a little break, to relax our legs, the palace is really huge, huge, and when I write this I am not exaggerating.
To better understand what The Treasury means, I leave you below in the company of photos (taken by me) but also some very important information (I leave the source below).
The Treasury
Founded by Duke Albert V the Treasury houses the jewels of the Wittelsbach dynasty. This magnificent display in the Schatzkammer (Treasury) is contained in ten halls in the eastern wing of the Königsbau. The collection is one of the most important in the world and spans 1000 years from the early Middle Ages to Neo-classicism. Royal insignia, crowns, swords, goblets, goldsmith works, rock crystal, ivory work, icons and numerous other treasures like precious tableware and toiletries are magnificently presented.
Among the exhibits are Emperor Charles the Bald's prayer-book from around 860, the altar-ciborium of Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia from around 890, the crown of the Empress Cunigunde, reliquary of the True Cross which belonged to the Emperor Henry II, a cross which belonged to Queen Gisela, all from around 1000, the Reliquary Crown of Henry II from around 1270, an English Queen's crown from around 1370 (the oldest surviving crown of England that came to the palatinate line of the house of Wittelsbach as the dowry of Blanche of England, the daughter of King Henry IV of England), the famous Statuette of St George (Munich, ca. 1599), the insignia and orders of the Bavarian monarchs, including crowns and insignia of the Emperor Charles VII (1742), the Crown of Bavaria (1807), ceremonial swords and ruby jewellery which belonged to Queen Therese, as well as a precious set of matching dishes served the French Empress Marie Louise during her journeys. Non-European art and craftwork, including Chinese porcelain, ivories from Ceylon and captured Turkish daggers are also on display.
The display of jewels, goldsmith's work, enamels, crystal objects and ivories in the Treasury of the Munich Residence is the result of centuries of avid collecting by the rulers of Bavaria. In his will of 1565 Duke Albrecht V stipulated that particularly valuable ‘hereditary and dynastic jewels’ be united to form an unsaleable treasure.
My dear visitors I hope you enjoy the foray into the history of this amazing place, all the exhibits you can find in several rooms, more if you have not forgotten to take your audio guide then you can listen to headphones information about every corner of the exhibition, this for a history lover is something magical.
With my legs that seem to stop listening to me I have come to the end of this travel blog from here in the center of Munich, see you in the next blog with another special place.
THE END!
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P.S. The attached picture you have just seen are taken by me with my mobile phone(Samsung Galaxy S21), and the text is also designed by me.
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