The Diana Temple in the Munich ''Hofgarten'', the garden of the Munich Residenz, is a twelve-sided

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from the

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period with eight open and four closed round arcades. It is the crossing point of the main and diagonal axes of the ''Hofgarten''.

History

The Diana Temple was created in 1613–1617 in

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style together with the ''Hofgarten'' and goes back to

Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria Maximilian I (17 April 157327 September 1651), occasionally called the Great, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, ruled as Duke of Bavaria from 1597. His reign was marked by the Thirty Years' War during which he obtained the title of a Prince ...

. The temple forms the center of the garden and was probably created by Heinrich Schön around the year 1615. On it is a famous bronze figure, a copy of the Bavaria bronze statue of Hubert Gerhard. The original can be found in the Residenzmuseum. The bronze figure that crowns the roof was created in 1594 by

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and symbolizes the riches of

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. In the temple itself, four wall mounted shell fountains can be found.

Use

Like the whole ''Hofgarten'', the Diana Temple is usually open to the public. Exceptions are rare, such as when it was used as a backdrop for filming (for example, The Three Musketeers (2011)), and the access from

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is occasionally not possible during major events (for example ''Klassik am Odeonsplatz''). Concerts are held in the pavilion and street musicians entertain the park visitors; In the summer evenings, it serves as an unofficial and informal meeting place for dancers (

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and swing). These non-commercial events are tolerated as long as there is no noise disturbance to residents or harassment of other visitors. On a sunny Sunday afternoon, sometimes a crowd of people form to watch the dancers. For such uses, an agreement with the

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, which assigns in particular the permits for the street musicians is required.

References

External links

The ''Hofgarten'' at Odeonsplatz

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