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					World Cultural Heritage in Bavaria | 
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					Preservation and Upkeep of Cultural 
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					Monasteries as Centres of Learning and Science | 
				
				
					
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					The UNESCO World Cultural 
					Heritage list includes: 
					 
					The old town of Bamberg with the cathedral (Late 
					Romanesque/Early Gothic, consecrated in 1237, with stone 
					sculptures  ... 
					 
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					Bavaria contains around 110,000 sacred and profane 
					structures that are listed as protected monuments. The State 
					Office for the Preservation of Public Monuments is 
					responsible for their ... 
					 
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					In 
					the Middle Ages, the monasteries were crucially important 
					centres of learning and science. During the 16th century 
					numerous schools and centres of education were set up by 
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					The State as Patron of Education and 
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					Music and Theatre | 
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					Folk Art | 
				
				
					
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					The dissolution of 150 monasteries in 1802/03 created 
					central scientific collections and archives that primarily 
					benefited research at universities. The state became the 
					patron of ... 
					 
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					The monasteries and churches were the first centres of 
					sophisticated music, and remained so until 1802/03. The 
					first significant composer in Bavaria was Orlando di Lasso, 
					master of ... 
					 
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					typical feature of many Bavarian towns and villages is the 
					style of painting known as "Lüftlmalerei", deriving from 
					Italian and South German facade painting during the baroque 
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					Town Architecture and Town Crafts | 
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					Royal Residences and Representative Structures | 
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					Churches in Bavaria | 
				
				
					
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					Forms of municipal self-administration gradually developed 
					in the towns of Bavaria, and especially in the free imperial 
					cities which enjoyed self-rule until 1806. In the trading 
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					Bavaria's wealth of castles and palaces derives from the 
					large number of religious and secular states that occupied 
					Bavarian soil before 1806 and frequently demonstrated their 
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					Bavaria's cultural landscape is visibly dotted with church 
					towers and monasteries. The local populationn was converted 
					to Christianity during the 7th and 8th centuries by Irish 
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					Treasures of Medieval Churches and Monasteries | 
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					As 
					in the rest of medieval Europe, the monasteries of Bavaria 
					were centres of learning and science. They preserved not 
					only the works of Antique authors but also medieval 
					literature ... 
					 
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