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Pilgrimage Church of Wies
Miraculously preserved in its beautiful setting in an Alpine valley, the Wies Church (1745-54), the work of architect Dominikus Zimmermann, is a masterpiece of Bavarian Rococo style – vibrant, colorful and delightful.
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
Set in an idyllic garden landscape, Augustusburg (the grand residence of the Archbishop of Cologne) and Falkenlust Hunting Lodge (a small country building) are the earliest examples of 18th-century German Rococo architecture.
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
Located in the state of Minas Gerais, south of Belo Horizonte, this sanctuary was built in the second half of the 18th century. It consists of a church with a richly decorated interior in Italianate Rococo style, an outdoor staircase decorated with statues of prophets, and seven chapels depicting the Stations of the Cross, where polychrome sculptures by Alejadinho are highly original, moving and expressive masterpieces of Baroque art.