Maxvorstadt Art and Architecture

Odeonsplatz features an open, yellow loggia modeled directly after the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. King Ludwig the First commissioned this square in the nineteenth century to give Munich a taste of Italian classicism. In November…

The center of Karolinenplatz features a fifty-nine foot tall obelisk made of captured bronze cannons. King Ludwig the First ordered its construction in eighteen thirty-three to honor the thirty thousand Bavarian soldiers who died in…

The three monumental buildings framing Königsplatz replicate the architecture of ancient Greece, a deliberate choice by King Ludwig the First to transform Munich into an Isar-based Athens. The square features the Glyptothek museum, the…

The Alte Pinakothek carries a distinctive Venetian red brick facade that sets it apart from the surrounding neoclassical stone buildings. King Ludwig the First commissioned the gallery in the eighteen twenties to house his massive…

The Pinakothek der Moderne is a massive, light-filled concrete cube defined by a soaring central rotunda topped with a glass dome. It houses four independent collections covering art, architecture, design, and works on paper. Architect…

Thirty-six thousand ceramic rods in twenty-three different colors sheath the exterior of Museum Brandhorst. The facade appears to shift in tone and intensity depending on the angle of the sun and the movement of a pedestrian along the…

The Geschwister-Scholl-Platz is a wide, stone-paved square directly in front of the main building of Ludwig Maximilian University. It features two large, circular fountains at its center, which are often surrounded by students sitting on…

The Siegestor is a three-arched limestone monument crowned by a bronze chariot pulled by four lions. King Ludwig the First commissioned the arch in the mid-nineteenth century to honor his army, styling it after the Arch of Constantine in…