The Munich Residenz (German for "residence") is the former royal palace of the Bavarian monarchs in the center of the city of Munich, Germany. The Residenz is the largest city palace in Germany and is today open to visitors for its architecture and room decorations, and displays from the former royal collections.
Lots of rooms of great magnificence including a chapel and portrait gallery of ancestors. Amazingly the windows were all closed and it was very stuffy - particularly on the second floor. I bet Maximillian would not have suffered it.
Gilded rooms are fine but more interesting were the treasures now stored there. Below is a statue of St george and the dragon. It is gold - not that you would know with all the precious stuff covering it - bit of a waste really. They must have had way to much money.
There is also one of the largest collections of relics anywhere. Nothing like having a bone of a saint to intercede between you and God. Also below contains, I swear its true, part of the cross and the crown of thorns.
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