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Ludwigstraße & Siegestor
After the old town wall was
pulled down, Ludwig I commis-
sioned a monumental boulevard
in the Italian Renaissance style -
the Ludwigstraße (1815-50). This
splendid street is bounded by the
Feldherrnhalle to the south
(see
p81)
and the Siegestor (Victory
Gate) to the north. Based on the
Arch of Constantine in Rome, the
Siegestor is crowned by the figure
of Bavaria riding a chariot drawn by
four lions. Designed for victory
parades in honour of the Bavarian
army, the gate, damaged in World
War II, has been restored. The
1958 inscription reads “Dedicated
to victory, destroyed in war, an
entreaty for peace.”
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Ludwigskirche
Siegestor (Victory Gate)
work of F von Gärtner (1832-43)
in the style of Italian Renais-
sance palaces.
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Ludwig-Maximilians-
Universität
Ludwig I transferred the 15th-
century university from Ingolstadt
to Munich. The main assembly hall
fronts on Geschwister-Scholl-Platz
and is surrounded by faculty build-
ings.
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Geschwister-Scholl-Platz
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Akademie der
Designed in the Italian
Romanesque style, St Ludwig's
Church (1829-43) is home to the
second-largest church fresco in
the world
(see p40)
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Bayerische
Staatsbibliothek
The Bavarian State library is the
second-largest municipal library
in Germany, with more than
6 million volumes, 70,000 manu-
scripts, and valuable handwritten
documents and prints. It has as
its nucleus the 16th-century col-
lections of Albrecht V and Wil-
helm V. Today's building is the
Bildenden Künste
The Academy of Fine Arts was
built between 1808 and 1886 in
the Italian Neo-Renaissance style.
The list of students around 1900
is a who's who of modern art -
Kandinsky, Klee, Kubin, Marc.
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Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and fountain
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Fragments of White Rose broadsheets are set into the courtyard of
the main university building to commemorate this movement.
