I think we should stop and see the Siegestor. It looks very cool. But should we first quench our thirst at Englisher Gardens?
The Siegestor (en: Victory Gate) in Munich, is a three-arched triumphal arch crowned with a statue of Bavaria with a lion-quadriga, similar in style to the Arch of Constantine in Rome, the Marble Arch in London, the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin. It is located between the university and the Ohmstraße, on the intersection of the Leopoldstraße and the Ludwigstraße. Therefore it divides the two Munich districts of Maxvorstadt and Schwabing.
History
The gate was commissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria, designed by Friedrich von Gärtner and completed by Eduard Mezger in 1852. The quadriga was created by Martin von Wagner. The gate was originally dedicated to the glory of the Bavarian army (dem bayerischen Heere zum Ruhme). Today the Siegestor is a monument and reminder to peace. After sustaining heavy damage in World War II, the gate was - similar to the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche in Berlin - reconstructed and restored only partially. The inscription on the back side is by Wilhelm Hausenstein and reads Dem Sieg geweiht, vom Krieg zerstört, zum Frieden mahnend, which translates as "Dedicated to victory, destroyed by war, reminding of peace". In the last couple of years, the statues that remained were meticulously cleaned and restored. The Siegestor is 21 meters high, 24 Meters wide, and 12 meters deep.
It was featured in The Amazing Race 9 as a pit-stop.
5 comments:
Ruht Roh....
Your posting looks the same as BarleyMan's.
Convince me otherwise :-)
Yea, I think she cheated a little...
Uh no
I was agreeing and posted the history behind the arch. Saved you all from having to look it up on your own. Is it cheating everytime one of you makes a new post about the same kind of beer? How many posts have you guys made that were pictures of whatever beer you were drinking at the moment? Is that poaching? If not, then neither is mine..........
If you would prefer, I will simply start taking pictures of various mugs of beer or glasses of wine each week and post them with some witty comment.
Be Polite.
that was polite
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