Thursday, July 06, 2006
The Power of Portugal.
Yesterday we showed why we are among the best four teams of the world. This is a picture of a portuguese flag in Marienplatz (center of Munich).
Monday, July 03, 2006
Theatinerkirche
St Cajetan
To celebrate the birth of their long-awaited son in 1662, the Elector Ferdinandand and his wife Henriette Adelaide of Savoy ordered the construction of a church and a monastery for the Theatine order.
Munich.
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Feldherrnhalle
Hall of the Commanders
The Feldherrnhalle was a symbol of the honours of the Bavarian Army. It contains statues of military leaders Johann Tilly and Karl Phillip von Wrede. The central sculptural group was added in 1882, after the Franco-Prussian War.
The aim had been to create a focal point that would close off Ludwigstrasse and give the irregular Odeonsplatz a more ordered appearance.
The statues of two bayern lions flanking the stairway were added in 1906.
This was also one of the efforts by the Nazis to take over the Bavarian State, commonly referred to as the Beer Hall Putsch.
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