City Tour of Munich

 

The Residence - located at this place since 1363.  Home of the Wittelsbach Royal family

 

 

The Munich State Opera House - I thought I had opera tickets - but a glitch prevented us from getting the tickets.  By the time we found out - the performances were sold out during our stay in Munich.

 

King Max Joseph Statue

 

The Walking Man

We started off the day by taking Tram 16 into the Marienplatz and caught the Gray Line HoHo (Hop on Hop off).  We did the full circuit 

 

Victory Gate (Siegestor): Built by King Ludwig I in 1852, this massive Northern gateway into the city was dedicated to the great Bavarian victory of 1815.  Capping the gateway is Lady Bavaria and 4 lions, which is the animal symbol of Munich's royal family the Wittelsbachs.  While not as big as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Siegestor is almost an exactly copy of the Arch of Constantine in Rome.  It was heavily damaged in WW2, but resorted with the added inscription of "Dedicated to victory, destroyed by war, reminding of peace" in German.

Tower of St. Peterkirche