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The Golden Roof

This late gothic alcove, 16 metres high, was built around 1500 and is covered with 3.450 gilt copper shingles. Innsbruck Golden Roof shows in his reliefs Emperor Maximilian I and his two wives, Maria of Burgundy and Maria Bianca Sforza, furthermore Chancellor, jesters, Moreskentänzer and various arms. Today, there are replicas of the Golden Roof, the original reliefs are in the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum to visit. Furthermore crest revealed, concealed references and symbols in the "Golden Roof" Erker said a complex work of art that reflects the self-Maximilians. Mystery is that the lettering tape behind the dancers on the reliefs of the Golden Roof still could not be deciphered.