Hofkirche

The Hofkirche in Innsbruck holds the largest Renaissance-era funerary monument in Europe for an emperor who is not actually buried there. Maximilian I, the Habsburg ruler who laid the groundwork for the dynasty that ruled Austria for six centuries, is interred in Wiener Neustadt. His cenotaph here is flanked by 28 bronze figures averaging two and a half meters tall, created between 1502 and 1555 by artists including Albrecht Durer and Peter Vischer the Elder. The “Schwarze Mander” (Black Men, though several are women) form a corridor through the church that feels genuinely strange and impressive. At Universitaetsstrasse 2 in central Innsbruck, 45 to 60 minutes, budget entry. Combine with the Goldenes Dachl and the Hofburg Innsbruck nearby.