Fodor's Expert Review Königsplatz Museums
Bavaria's greatest monarch, Ludwig I, was obsessed with antiquity, and the impressive buildings designed by Leo von Klenze that line this elegant square bear testament to that. Two temple-like structures face each other, the Staatliche Antikensammlungen (an acclaimed collection of Greek and Roman antiquities) and the Glyptothek (a fine collection of Greek and Roman statues). After WWII, Munich authorities restored the park and the broad green lawns in front of the museums attract students and tourists in the warmer months for concerts, films, and other events. This area became the national center of the Nazi Party in the 1930s and '40s. Destroyed in the war, the new Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism (NS-Dokumentationszentrum) opened in 2015 at Max-Mannheimer-Platz 1. On Arcisstrasse 12 is the Nazi-era building (now a music school) where in 1938 Britain's prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, infamously thought he had negotiated "peace in our time" with... READ MORE
Bavaria's greatest monarch, Ludwig I, was obsessed with antiquity, and the impressive buildings designed by Leo von Klenze that line this elegant square bear testament to that. Two temple-like structures face each other, the Staatliche Antikensammlungen (an acclaimed collection of Greek and Roman antiquities) and the Glyptothek (a fine collection of Greek and Roman statues). After WWII, Munich authorities restored the park and the broad green lawns in front of the museums attract students and tourists in the warmer months for concerts, films, and other events. This area became the national center of the Nazi Party in the 1930s and '40s. Destroyed in the war, the new Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism (NS-Dokumentationszentrum) opened in 2015 at Max-Mannheimer-Platz 1. On Arcisstrasse 12 is the Nazi-era building (now a music school) where in 1938 Britain's prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, infamously thought he had negotiated "peace in our time" with Hitler.
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