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Augsburg: Maria Stern

The tower of th Convent of the Franciscan Sisters of Maria Stern, which was built 1573 - 75 by the Renaissance master builder Johannes Holl, father of Elias Holl, was the first onion tower in Germany. The proliferation of baroque onion domes in Bavaria originated here.

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