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Justizpalast by Balthasar Schmitt details

Justizpalast (Palace of Justice) built 1891-1897

Justizpalast (Palace of Justice),

Justizpalast (Palace of Justice), built 1891-1897

details

Justizpalast (Palace of Justice), built 1891-1897details

Siegestor

Munich Academy of Fine Arts is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany, founded 1808 by Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria as the Royal Academy of Fine ArtsThe large 19th-century Renaissance Revival style building complex, designed by Gottfried Neureuther, was completed in 1886

Munich Academy of Fine ArtsMax von Widnmann (1812 –1895) Castor and Pollux (1886)

Munich Academy of Fine Arts

Max von Widnmann

Castor and Pollux (1886)

Bavarian National Museum by Gabriel von Seidl

Bavarian National Museum 1894 –1899

Bavarian National Museum 1894 –1899

Arcisstrasse the horse tamer (Rosselenker) by Hermann Hahn 1928

Arcisstrasse the horse tamer (Rosselenker) by Hermann Hahn 1928

The horse tamer (Rosselenker) by Hermann Hahn 1928

Arcisstrasse The horse tamer

(Rosselenker) by Hermann Hahn 1928

Figure of traditional

Cooper, or barrel maker

Juristische Bibliothek

Law-Library Stairs

(you don’t need to be a lawyer

or a law student to visit this elaborate library as it is

open to the public)

Juristische Bibliothek (Law-Library) is located within the city’s Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall)

Juristische Bibliothek (Law-Library) Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall, 3rd Floor)

Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall)

Bavarian State Library (National Bavarian Library)General Reading Room Mon - Sun       8.00 - 24.00

The Maximilianstraße in Munich is one of the city's four royal avenues next to the Brienner Straße, the Ludwigstraße and the Prinzregentenstraße. It starts at Max-Joseph-Platz, where the Residenz and the National Theatre are situated, and runs east-west. Today, highest retail rents in Germany

Max-Joseph-Platz memorial for King Maximilian Joseph  (Maximilian I, King of Bavaria) by Christian Daniel Rauch Detail of the pedestal 

Memorial for King Maximilian Joseph  (Maximilian I, King of Bavaria) by Christian Daniel Rauch Detail of the pedestal 

Details of the pedestal - Promotion of religion and the arts

Promotion of justice and agriculture

The Memorial was only revealed in 1835 since the king had rejected to be eternalized in sitting position

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Bronze statue (5 m high) of Maximilian II (1811 – 1864) with the constitution and a sword in his hands. He reigned as King of Bavaria between 1848 and 1864.Unlike his father, King Ludwig I and son King Ludwig II, "King Max" was very popular and took a greater interest in the business of Government than in personal extravagance

On the lower part of the pedestal sit four allegorical figures representing four virtues:

Friedensliebe(Loving Peace), a young man with a palm branch and a cornucopia

Friedensliebe (Loving Peace), a young man with a palm branch and a cornucopia

Gerechtigkeit (Justice), a woman with book and sword

Stärke (Strength), a man with helmet, sword and lion

Weisheit (Wisdom), a woman with torch

Memorial near Donnersbergerbrücke

Christopher Klein Airborne (2008)

Oberanger, Christopher Klein Airborne (2008)

Oberanger, This reflecting

bowls are part of the art object 'air

borne' by Christopher Klein,

located in the atrium of the Angerhof in

Munich

Munich Old Town Hall Altes Rathaus - detail

Munich Old Town Hall Historic dates in the development of Munich on the facade of Altes Rathaus

Mary's Column The Mariensäule

Mary's Column The MariensäuleThe four putti created by Ferdinand Murmann symbolize the city's overcoming of war, pestilence, hunger and heresy

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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuhttps://plus.google.com/+SandaMichaela

Sound: Richard Strauss - Arabella - Mein Elemer (Lisa della Casa) 2016