Photos of Golden Roof

The Golden Roof is a landmark in Innsbruck, Austria. It was built in 1500 by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and is decorated with 2657 gilded copper tiles. Reliefs on the balcony painted coats of arms, symbols, and other figures from his life. The Golden Roof was formerly known as the "New Royal Palace", and the famous "Empty Pocket" Duke Friedrich moved his residence to Innsbruck in 1420 and ordered his palace to be built here. Between 1494 and 1496, on the occasion of the wedding of Maximilian I, Niklas was commissioned to convert the former dilapidated tower into a viewing balcony with a Gothic dome, where games and theatrical performances on the square could be enjoyed. The corners of the golden roof are decorated with animal motifs, and the surface of the colonnade is covered with reliefs, including statues of Emperor Maximilian I and the Empress. The lower part of the front is engraved with the coat of arms of Austria and Hungary: the double-headed eagle and the king's eagle, the coat of arms of Burgundy and Milan, and the coat of arms of Steiermark and Tyrol on the side. The fresco depicts two guards carrying the Imperial and Tyrolean flags on their shoulders, and the original work is now in the Tyrolean State Museum. In the center of the city is a luxurious two-story building built in 1500. It is 16 meters wide and the roof is 3.7 meters high. It is inlaid with 2,600 gold-plated copper tiles.