Max-Joseph-Platz is a large square in central

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which was named after King Maximilian Joseph. Max-Joseph-Platz serves as the western starting point of the royal avenue Maximilianstraße.

Architecture

The square was constructed with the erection of the '' National Theatre Munich'' at its east side, which was opened in 1818. Opposite to its

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at the west side are middle-class houses. The north side is framed by the ''Königsbau of the Munich Residence''. King

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instructed his architect

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to build the King's tract in the south of his palace in the style of the Florentine

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. The facade of the '' Residenz Theatre'' is situated between the Königsbau and the National Theatre. The south of Max-Joseph-Platz is dominated by the

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arcades of the former ''Palais Toerring-Jettenbach'', a rococo mansion which originates from 1747. The

Ospedale degli Innocenti The (; 'Hospital of the Innocents'), also known in old Tuscan dialect as the , is a historic building in Florence, Italy. It was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, who received the commission in 1419 from the Arte della Seta. It was originally a ...

in Florence served as model for its columns. The monument ''Max-Joseph Denkmal'' before the Königsbau was created in the middle of the square as a memorial for King Maximilian Joseph by Christian Daniel Rauch and carried out by Johann Baptist Stiglmaier. It was only revealed in 1835 since the king had rejected to be eternalized in sitting position. After

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a subterranean garage was constructed below the Max-Joseph-Platz, its gateway disturbs the neo-classical appearance of the square.

Sights

* National Theatre Munich *

Munich Residenz The Residenz (, ''Residence'') in central Munich is the former royal palace of the House of Wittelsbach, Wittelsbach List of rulers of Bavaria, monarchs of Bavaria. The Residenz is the largest city palace in Germany and is today open to visitors ...

* Palais Toerring-Jettenbach * Memorial to king

Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria Maximilian I Joseph (; 27 May 1756 – 13 October 1825) was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria (as Maximilian IV Joseph) from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria (as Maximilian I Joseph) from 1806 to 1825. He was ...

( Christian Daniel Rauch, 1825).

External links

City Panorama Max-Joseph-Platz
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