Notable artists who lived in W�rzburg include poet Walther von der Vogelweide (12th and 13th cent.), philosopher Albertus Magnus and painter Mathias Gr�newald. Sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider (1460�1531) served as mayor and participated in the German Peasants' War. The Baroque architect Balthasar Neumann (1687�1753) was one builder of the W�rzburg Residence, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and his son, Domenico decorated the interior of the palace, most notably the grand staircase.
Some of the city's "100 churches" survived intact. In style they range from Romanesque (W�rzburg Cathedral), Gothic (Marienkapelle), Renaissance (Neubaukirche), Baroque (Stift Haug Kirche) to modern (St Andreas).
Museums of note are the Mainfranken Museum, which houses artifacts from prehistoric to modern times, as well as the Cathedral Museum, and the "Kulturspeicher", dedicated to modern classics and contemporary art, which opened in 2002. Major festivals include the Afrika Festival in May, the Mozartfest, in June/July and the Kiliani Volksfest mid July.
� The Mainfr�nkisches Museum is home to the world�s biggest collection of works by Tilman Riemenschneider. In a space of 5,400 m (58,125 sq ft), art by regional artists is exhibited. Exhibitions include the pre-historic collection, artifacts of the Franconian wine culture and the anthropological collection with traditional costumes.
� F�rstenbau-Museum. The restored �F�rstenbau� (prince bishop residence) of the Fortress �Marienberg� houses not only the renovated living quarters, but also the city history department of the Mainfr�nkisches Museum. Worth taking in are the gold jewelry and collection of liturgical vestments. Of special interest are two models of the city: W�rzburg in 1525 and W�rzburg in 1945.
� Museum im Kulturspeicher, housed in a historic grain storage building combined with modern architecture
