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The roof
The roof was gilded for an Emperor's wedding and finished in 1500
Completed in 1500, the roof was decorated with 2,657 fire-gilded copper tiles for Emperor Maximilian I to mark his wedding to Bianca Maria Sforza. The Emperor and his wife used the balcony to observe festivals, tournaments and other events in the square below.
2,657fire-gilded copper tiles on the roof
Two wives
Maximilian had himself shown between his two wives on the balcony
Not wishing to alienate the allies gained by his first marriage, to Maria of Burgundy, Maximilian had an image of himself between the two women painted on his balcony. The other central relief shows the Emperor with his court jester and his chancellor.
Dancers
The outer reliefs show Moorish dancers of Andalusian origin
The flanking reliefs show Moorish dancers engaged in a common form of popular entertainment of that time. The dancing shown in these outer reliefs is of Andalusian origin. The first-floor balustrade carries eight sculpted coats of arms.
Replicas
The reliefs are replicas, and the originals are in a museum
All of the decorations on the current structure are carefully executed replicas. The original reliefs are on permanent display in the Tyrolean State Museum, known as the Ferdinandeum. Since January 2003 the building has housed the International Alpine Convention's Office and a museum, the Maximilianum.
Day 1, morning
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