Max-Joseph-Platz

Max-Joseph-Platz is a large square in central Munich which was named after King Maximilian Joseph. Max-Joseph-Platz serves as the western starting point of the royal avenue Maximilianstraße.

Max-Joseph-Platz is a large square in central Munich 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 Corinthian columns at the west side are middle-class houses. The north side is framed by the Königsbau of the Munich Residence. King Ludwig I of Bavaria instructed his architect Leo von Klenze to build the King's tract in the south of his palace in the style of the Florentine Palazzo Pitti. 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 Neo-Renaissance arcades of the former Palais Toerring-Jettenbach, a rococo mansion which originates from 1747.

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

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Fabio
16 January 2017
very beautiful
Humaid Binyelaiyel
21 November 2017
Nice platz at the beginning of Maximilian street, great car park beneath
Aleks 777
16 September 2014
In the evening, a very beautiful here)))
Turki Alsaud
5 October 2020
Great area to walk ????????????????????????
ADAC
1 May 2013
Am 22.Mai 1930 startete von hier aus die Fahrt nach Oberammergau mit Vertretern der Presse und Ministerien um die 15 ersten Telefonhäuschen Deutschlands zu besichtigen, die der Club einrichten lies.
Andrés Mazzaroli
5 November 2015
Grande piazza di fronte alla residenza reale
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