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Holy Ghost," " Wiuc Shop of the Virgin Mary," strike the 

 eye. 



Just out of the city, ou a 1»cautiful green meadow in full 

 view of the Alps, stands the collossal bronze statue of Bavaria, 

 one of the largest and grandest triumphs of bronze casting in 

 existence. It is in the form of a virgin of the old German 

 Avorld, with a magnificent lion by her side. The statue is fifty- 

 four feet high, and stands on a pedestal thirty feet in height, 

 looking towards the city. The figure is designed to typify the 

 kindly recognition and reward of excellence and noble achieve- 

 ment in any of the walks of life. The gigantic and beautifully 

 rounded arm is gracefully raised and holds a garland of oak 

 leaves, as if ready to crown any Bavarian who may show him- 

 self worthy to enter the temple of fame. It is the Genius of 

 Reward, and its position is on that broad and beautiful spot 

 devoted to the annual meetings of the people, called the 

 Theresa Meadow, where the great agricultural festival is held 

 in October, and where the king distributes the prizes to the 

 successful competitors. Just behind it, but dwarfed by the 

 size and height of the gTcat central figure, is the Hall of 

 Renown, a beautiful Doric building, of white marble, decorated 

 with many emblematical friezes by Schwanthaler. The busts 

 of the great men of Bavaria, irrespective of origin or religious 

 belief, are arranged along its walls in full view from the meadow 

 below. Count Rumford is among them. 



It is difficult to form an adequate idea of the grandeur of 

 this figure, the Bavaria, or of the genius required to produce 

 it. The proportions are so admirable that, in looking upon it, 

 one does not notice its size. It is natural and life-like. And 

 yet there is a winding staircase leading up into the head, and 

 this chamber in the head will hold eight persons ! It was cast 

 from Turkish cannon sunk in the battle of Navarino, and 

 brought up by Greek divers. The casting occupied ten years, 

 at five different times. The head came first in 1844. No less 

 than twenty tons of bronze had to be melted for the bust, five 

 tons more than had ever before been melted in the furnace. 



The Triumphal Arch is another of the great works that 

 adorn this city. It is erected over one of tlie gates, made in 

 imitation of the Arch of Constantino at Rome, and dedicated to 

 the Bavarian army. On tluc top is another figure of Bavaria, 



