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Königsplatz (Munich U-Bahn)
''Königsplatz'' (German, 'King's Square') may refer to the following places in Germany: * Königsplatz, Munich **Königsplatz (Munich U-Bahn) ''Königsplatz'' (German, 'King's Square') may refer to the following places in Germany: * Königsplatz, Munich Königsplatz (, ''King's Square'') is a square in Munich, Germany. Built in the style of European Neoclassicism in the 19th centu ... * Königsplatz, Berlin, now known as Platz der Republik See also * King's Square (other) {{disambig, geo ...
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Königsplatz, Munich
Königsplatz (, ''King's Square'') is a square in Munich, Germany. Built in the style of European Neoclassicism in the 19th century, it displays the Propyläen Gate and, facing each other, the Glyptothek (archeological museum) and the Staatliche Antikensammlungen (art museum). The area around Königsplatz is home to the Kunstareal, Munich's gallery and museum quarter. Architecture The square was designed as part of the representative boulevard Brienner Straße by Karl von Fischer working for Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and laid out by Leo von Klenze. Fischer modeled the Königsplatz on the Acropolis in Athens. The concept was classical rigor embedded in living green, and so an expression of urban ideas of Ludwig I. who wanted to see cultural life, civic ideals, Catholic Christianity, royal administration and the military all together and embedded in green. Klenze framed the square with the Glyptothek and the Propylaea (created as memorial for the accession of Otto of ...
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Königsplatz (Munich U-Bahn)
''Königsplatz'' (German, 'King's Square') may refer to the following places in Germany: * Königsplatz, Munich **Königsplatz (Munich U-Bahn) ''Königsplatz'' (German, 'King's Square') may refer to the following places in Germany: * Königsplatz, Munich Königsplatz (, ''King's Square'') is a square in Munich, Germany. Built in the style of European Neoclassicism in the 19th centu ... * Königsplatz, Berlin, now known as Platz der Republik See also * King's Square (other) {{disambig, geo ...
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