MUNICH 



W., and expanding, before crossing 

 the Tsar, into the forum, flanked 

 by government offices, etc. 



The oldest church is S. Peter's, 

 of the 12th century. The cathedral, 

 dedicated to Our Lady and built 

 1468-88, is a heavy Gothic building 

 of brick with a lofty vaulted roof 

 and twin towers crowned by 

 wooden cupolas, 318 ft. high. It 

 contains the elaborate monument, 

 erected in 1622, to the emperor 

 Louis the Bavarian. Other notable 

 churches are S. Michael's, 1583-97, 

 the baroque Theatine church, and 

 the basilica of S. Boniface, 1850. 



The old town hall of the 14th cen- 

 tury contains a fine hall ; near it is 

 the new town hall, a large Gothic 

 pile. The former royal palace is a 

 very large group of buildings. The 

 oldest part was built by the elector 

 Maximilian I, 1598-1616, and the 

 newest portions, including the 

 sumptuous Byzantine chapel, were 

 designed for King Louis I by . 

 Klenze. Other important buildings 

 are the courts of justice ; the uni- 

 versity, removed from Landshut in 

 1826 ; the national library, con- 

 taining over 1,100,000 volumes and 

 a rich collection of MSS. ; and the 

 very large national theatre. The 

 chateau of Nymphenburg, 166P- 

 1728, lies in the W. outskirts. 



Its rich art collections are the 

 glory of Munich. The Glyptothek 

 or sculpture gallery contains the 

 restored pediment groups from the 



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Munich. Plan of the capital city of Bavaria, showing the business quarter 

 with the principal public buildings 



temple of Aegina, the Apollo of picture gallery is rich in Dutch and 



Tenea, the Barberini Faun, and Flemish masters, especially Ru- 



much Egyptian, Greek, Roman, bens, and contains also good exam- 



and modern sculpture. The old pies of Raphael, Titian, Diirer, 



Munich, Bavaria. 1. Courts of Justice, built in 1897. 2. New Town Hall, in Gothic style, 1874-1905. 3. Hall of Fame 



and colossal statue of Bavaria, designed by Schwanthaler. 4. Bavarian National Museum, erected in 1894, containing 



large industrial and archaeological collections. 5. Court Theatre, and bronze statue of King Max Joseph, by Rauch 



