Hello and welcome to this tour around Augsburg. I will properly introduce myself while we walk, but first, let me briefly explain how VoiceMap works.

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Before we cross the rails again and continue straight, look straight ahead along Fuggerstraße. At the end of the street, you can see the "Großes Haus", a Neo-Renaissance building, which houses the ...

On your right, you can see a fountain with the statue of a girl standing in the water. In Winter, you might find that there is no water and a wooden box is covering the statue. Please sit down on t...

Do you see the signpost pointing to the church of St Anna? Turn right here and walk straight ahead.

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Annahof, or Anna's Yard, is a haven of peace in this otherwise bustling ci...

You are right next to the Church of St Anna, it's on your left. Please stop here while I tell you about it. You may want to sit down on the bench that is built around a tree. Just make sure you fac...

Please pause the recoding now, and resume once you are right in front of the Fugger Chapel.

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My brothers, Ulrich and Georg, and I had planned this chapel to be our crypt.

D...

Turn left here and walk down Annastraße, keeping to the right side of the street.

As you are walking, you can see a fountain on your right, which is dedicated to the guild of goldsmiths.

Carr...

On your right, the building right after the butcher shop displays a plaque in memory of Bartholomäus Welser, who lived in this place in the early 1500s.

You need to look up to the second floor t...

The area you are walking on here, behind you as well as in front of you, used to be the cattle market. It was one of the busiest areas of medieval Augsburg.

When we get to the department store a...

Before you reach the café "Il Vicolo" , make a quick stop and look up on your right. What you see there is a replica of the bay windows that belonged to my famous "Golden Scriptorium".

The offic...

We have circumnavigated my house now. Again, you can see our crest above the entrance to the department store on your right.

We are now in the former hay market and you can see that our new repr...

We are passing another house of the Welser family here, on your left, number 13, just after the clothing shop.

While I tell you about the house, let’s continue walking up to the Fugger memorial ...

With the Weaver's Guild house still on your left, you can see an arcade across the street. When you look up, you can thee the church of St. Moritz.

Continue straight, carefully cross the street ...

When you come out of the arcade, turn left onto Moritzplatz where you can find the main entrance to the church on your left.

It is up to you whether we go inside. There is only one significant s...

Keep going straight.

To your right, you can see the Roman Museum. It is located in the former church of St Magdalena, which belonged to a Dominican monastery that existed here in my day. Our fa...

And finally, we are here, at my City Palace! The place is also referred to as Fuggerhäuser or Fugger Houses.

The whole block was ours. It may not look like a palace from here - this is because w...

You are now entering the first yard, the so-called Serenade Yard. Please stop when you are halfway through the yard.

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There are four yards in between the five houses that comp...

The small yard you are entering now is known as the Maids' Yard. Obviously, this yard was for recreation, not for business.

You may need to walk back a few steps to where you entered the yard. F...

Great, you've made it across. Before we move on, please look back at my beautiful palace. You can see the full front facade now, it's impressive 60 meters long. From here it does look much more lik...

Please stop at the fountain and take out your magic device once again, so you can interrupt me when I talk too much.

You may want to sit down while I talk about places that you can see from here...

Stop here for just a moment, please.

Look to your right at number 21. Can you see the plaque to the right of the entrance, which commemorates my father, me, and my nephew Anton? This is the sit...

Look straight ahead, you can see the Town Hall on the right.

The Town Hall was erected in the early 1600s, well after my time when the Renaissance had already passed its peak in Germany. Never...

The square you are in now is called Townhall Square. In my days, there was no square here, just a network of alleys.

Please take out your magic device for the last time now.

Before I continue...

Allow me to lead you back to our starting point while I wrap up my story.

From here continue straight along Hay Market past my house and up to the Fugger statue.

You already know in which hou...

We are at Jakob’s statue again. Let’s keep right this time and continue up to a T-junction.

Our family founded multiple factories mainly in southern Germany, Austria and Italy. Sometimes they we...

When we reach the T-junction St Anna is right in front of us. Let's turn left here.

The bond that was created then with the House of Habsburg would hold for generations, from Friedrich to his so...

You can see the tram stop right ahead of you. Be careful when crossing the rails.

Around that time I bought more copper mines in Austria from Maximilian, who always needed money. You may wonder ...

We have reached our final stop now. Before I bid you farewell though, please give me a final five minutes to finish my story.

When I was 38 years old, my mother Barbara died, Ulrich became the h...