Podcast Tour Augsburg: A Story of Gold and Grace

A medieval church that houses both the opulent Renaissance Fugger Chapel and the Luther Staircase and marks the exact spot where the greatest conflict of the Reformation began.

st important figure of the family, Jakob Fugger 'the Rich'.

The beautifully painted guild house of the weavers, which represents the modest origins of the Fugger family before their transition into the global financial world.

lic piety, and later the place of forced religious coexistence.

The magnificent Renaissance palace of the Fugger dynasty and the site of the decisive interrogation of Martin Luther by Cardinal Cajetan in 1518.

A massive Catholic basilica standing wall-to-wall with a smaller Protestant church, physically embodying the forced compromise of the Peace of Augsburg of 1555.

rking class rebellion against the Catholic elite supported by the Fuggers.

The oldest social settlement in the world, founded by Jakob Fugger, where the residents still pay 0.88 Euros a year and pray daily for his soul.