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Munich Stopover17 Greetings from Munich

Munich (Mu00fcnchen) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg

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Munich Stopover17 Greetings from Munich

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  1. Greetings from Munich 17

  2. The Allianz Arena is a football stadium with a 75,000 seating capacity, the first stadium in the world with a full colour changing exterior

  3. The Allianz Arena 2005

  4. Seating area of the Allianz Arena

  5. BMW Headquarters (BMW Tower) is a Munich landmark declared a protected historic building in 1999. The Tower was built between 1968 and 1972. The 101-metre (331 ft) building is located near the Olympic Village. The tower's exterior is supposed to mimic the shape of four cylinders in a car engine, with the museum representing a cylinder head. Both buildings were designed by the Austrian architect Karl Schwanzer

  6. The main tower consists of four vertical cylinders standing next to and across from each other. Each cylinder is divided horizontally in its center by a mold in the facade. Notably, these cylinders do not stand on the ground; they are suspended on a central support tower. During the construction, individual floors were assembled on the ground and then elevated. The tower has a diameter of 52.30 metres (171.6 ft)

  7. BMW Welt (BMW World)

  8. The Olympic Tower (Olympiaturm) in the Olympic Park, was built for the 1972 Summer Olympics. It has an overall height of 291 m 

  9. View to the BMW Headquarters from the Observation Deck of the Olympic Tower in Munich

  10. The BMW Museum is located right next to the tower while BMW Welt, which showcases the current cars of BMW and acts as a distribution centre, opened on the opposite side of the road on 17 October 2007

  11. BMW Welt (BMW World) is a multi-use exhibition center used for meetings and promotional events, and where buyers take delivery of BMW vehicles

  12. BMW Welt at night

  13. Munich The HypoVereinsbank tower, 1975-1981

  14. Munich Hauptsynagoge Ohel Jakob

  15. Hauptsynagoge Ohel Jakob

  16. Isartor is one of four main gates of the medieval city wall

  17. Isartor, part of the fortifications erected by Ludwig the Bavarian in the early 14th century

  18. Fountain Courtyard (Brunnenhof) Odeonsplatz Bavarian State Chancellery Hofgarten (Court Garden) Bavarian State Library  Hofgarten (Court Garden) and Odeonsplatz

  19. Königsplatz (King's Square) built in the style of European Neo-Classicism in the 19th century, is a center of cultural life

  20. Hofgarten (Court Garden) Odeonsplatz Old botanic garden The area around Königsplatz is today the home to the Kunst areal, Munich's gallery and museum quarter

  21. The Ionic Glyptothek was commissioned by the Bavarian King Ludwig I to house his collection of Greek and Roman sculptures 1816  

  22. The Doric Propylaea (Propyläen) created as memorial for the accession of Otto of Greece, 1862

  23. Nazi book burnings occurred at Königsplatz in 1933

  24. Karl von Fischer modeled the Königsplatz on the Acropolis in Athens

  25.  Propylaea   Glyptothek Königsplatz State Museum of Classical Art

  26. Leopoldstrasse and Siegestor

  27. A long thin park in southwest Munich, made between 1978 and 1983, Westpark hosted the 1983 IGA (International Garden Show). It is a good example of the style of the times: curvilinear abstract modern, with daring use of herbaceous plants. A green bridge carries the park over Garmischer Strasse. There are a number of Asian gardens and structures in Westpark

  28. Alf Lechner - Wasserplastik

  29. Westpark Asian ensemble Japanese garden

  30. The Japanese garden was a gift from Munich's sister City Sapporo and combines elements from the Hainan period

  31. Nepalese pagoda The pagoda was shipped to Munich in sections from Nepal and re-assembled in the park

  32. The Chinese garden is known as "Der Garten von Duft und Pracht" (The Garden of Fragrance and Beauty)

  33. Its design is symbolic of the Chinese philosophy that human life should adapt to and follow the passage of the four seasons

  34. Westpark Asian ensemble Chinese garden

  35. A free standing Thai-Sala hosts the first consecrated Gautama Buddha statue in Germany

  36. The Mollsee is an artificial lake situated in the eastern section of the park

  37. The Thai Sala in the Sendling-Westpark is a gift of a German businessman from Bangkok

  38. Text & Pictures: Internet Copyright: All the images belong to their authors Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu https://www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda https://ma-planete.com/michaelasanda 2016 Sound:Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra (Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Herbert von Karajan)

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