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The Golden Roof, Innsbruck
Pictures by Photoglob Co.
The Golden Roof of Innsbruck glows above painted walls and green shutters in this photochrom from around 1895, with a hand-coloured 1575 view of the city in its Alpine valley inside. Built for Emperor Maximilian I around 1500, the balcony roof is covered with more than 2,600 fire-gilded tiles. For a traveller, or someone who loves Austria.
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Innsbruck · Photochrom / The Golden Roof / Photochrom, Photoglob Co., c. 1895 / Gilded copper tiles shine on the roof of the balcony above painted walls and green shutters. Built for Emperor Maximilian I around 1500, the Golden Roof is covered with more than 2,600 fire-gilded tiles.
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