Designed by Italian architects, this stunning church brought a taste of Italy to Munich.The Elector Ferdinand and his wife Henriette Adelaide of Savoy ordered the construction of a church and monastery for the Italian Order of the Theatines of Munich to celebrate the birth of their long-awaited heir in 1662, Prince Max Emanuel.Construction of the Theatinerkirche (St. Cajetan Church) started in 1663 and would last until 1690.Everything about the church oozes Italian splendor. Designed in the high-baroque style and modeled after Rome's Sant' Andrea della Valle, Theatinerkirche's architect was the Italian Agostino Barelli. In 1674 Barelli was replaced by another Italian, Enrico Zucalli, who was the individual responsible for completing the church's magnificent 71-meter-high (233 foot) dome and for adding two 70m high towers Interior of the Theatinerkirche