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Attractions & Activities: Churches
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Peterskirche (St. Peter's Church)
Munich's oldest church (1180), located near the Rathaus, has turned over a new leaf, and it's a gold one at that. The white-and-gray interior has been decorated with painted medallions of puce and gilded baroque. It contains a series of murals by Johann Baptist Zimmermann, but nothing tops the attraction of the bizarre relic in the second chapel on the left: the gilt-covered and gem-studded skeleton of St. Mundita. From its resting place on a cushion, it stares at you with two false eyes in its skull. Jewels cover the mouth of its rotten teeth, quite a contrast to the fresh roses usually kept in front of the black-and-silver coffin. St. Peter's, known locally as Old Peter, also has a tall steeple, which you can climb, though it lacks an elevator. Colored circles on the lower platform tell you whether the climb is worthwhile: If the circle is white, you can see as far as the Alps.
Rindermarkt 1
Phone: 089/2-60-48-28 .
Open: Apr-Oct daily 9am-7pm (or even longer); Nov-Mar daily 9am-6pm.
Church free; tower 2.50DM adults, 1.50DM students, 50pf children.
U-Bahn: Marienplatz.
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