Staatsgalerie und Städtische Gemäldegalerie
The Staatsgalerie und Städtische Gemäldegalerie occupies the Hohes Schloss above Füssen, a late Gothic castle once used as the summer residence of Augsburg’s prince-bishops. Its courtyard features illusionistic wall paintings, while the galleries bring together late Gothic and Renaissance art from the Allgäu, Swabia, and Franconia.
The Staatsgalerie presents works from the Bavarian State Painting Collections alongside Füssen’s municipal gallery. Sculptures and panel paintings trace regional art, while nineteenth-century Munich painters such as Spitzweg and Defregger appear beside works by Franz von Pocci. The exhibition also includes the Rittersaal, and the wider castle opens onto the Veitskapelle, battlements, and towers.
The gate tower rises to a sixth floor, where the view reaches across Füssen and the surrounding countryside. A former dungeon survives in the Fallturm, and a terraced garden beside the castle grows medicinal herbs.
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