Jakob Fugger
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Jakob Fugger of the Lily, also known as Jakob Fugger the Rich or Jakob II, was a major German merchant, mining entrepreneur, and banker. He was a descendant of the Fugger merchant family located in th
Portrait of Jakob Fugger by Albrecht Dürer, 1518 (Staatsgalerie Altdeutsche Meister), Augsburg
Jakob Fugger, in Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden
Coat of arms of the Fugger of the lily family, granted in 1473
Rich silver ore (argentite) from Banská Štiavnica mines
Fuggerei
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The Fuggerei is the world's oldest public housing complex still in use. It is a walled enclave within the city of Augsburg, Bavaria. It takes its name from the Fugger family and was founded in 1516 by
Jakob Fugger
…funded by him and built from 1509 to 1512 is Germany's first renaissance building and contains the tombs of the brothers Ulrich, Georg and Jakob. The Fuggerei, which was founded by Jakob in 1521, is the world's oldest social housing complex still in use. The Damenhof, part of the Fuggerhäuser in Augsburg, is…
Herrengasse in the Fuggerei
St. Mark's Church and Herrengasse
Herrengasse
Mittlere Gasse and well