Podcast Tour: The Fugger Gambit - God's Bankers of Augsburg

An immersive introduction to the immense wealth, global trade networks, and powerful influence of Augsburg's leading merchant families.

aissance courtyard that symbolized their immense wealth and Italian taste.

A large Catholic basilica, funded by the Fuggers, which physically represents the religious division of the Reformation era alongside its Protestant counterpart.

A magnificent Renaissance town hall, whose Golden Hall represents the bourgeois pride and prosperity built upon the economic foundation laid by the Fuggers.

A decisive place that houses the Renaissance chapel of the Fugger and where Martin Luther refused to recant his theses.

The oldest social settlement in the world, a remarkable synthesis of the wealth, faith, and social conscience of the Fuggers, which is still in operation today.

A museum that showcases the magnificent art and craftsmanship of the golden age of Augsburg, the cultural bloom made possible by the wealth of the Fugger era.