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Munich Stopover7

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 Stopover7

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  1. Munich stopover 7

  2. St.Michael Kirche Augustinerkirche Frauenkirche Heiliggeistkirche Altes Rathaus St. Peter's Church Viktualienmarkt

  3. Munich (München) 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, and the 12th biggest city of the European Union, with a population of above 1.5 million. Marienplatz, the true heart of Munich has on the eastern side the Old Town hall from 1480, the tower besides was a city gate of the first fortification.  The Church of St. Peter is one of Munich’s landmarks, the oldest parish church in the city, and is known affectionately by the locals as Alter Peter (“Old Peter”)

  4. Designed by Jörg von Halsbach - better known as the master builder of the Frauenkirche, the building that has been known as the Old Town Hall since the nineteenth century, was built between 1470 and 1480

  5. The Old Town Hall serves today as a building for representative purposes for the city council

  6. The 55-meter-tall tower is visible from a number of spots in the city. The tower is actually older than the building proper as it was built in the twelfth century as part of Munich's fortifications.

  7. It's possible to climb to the very top of it from where you have a great vantage point

  8. Old Town Hall and its Zodiac clock tower 

  9. Old Town Hall and the Heiliggeistkirche (Church of the Holy Ghost) view from Old St Peters tower

  10. Munich Old Town Hall Juliet (by Nereo Costantini) gifted from the Savings Bank of Verona, 1974

  11. Plaque in the New City Hall showing Munich's twin towns and sister cities

  12. Munich's Old Town Hall is one of the city's most beautiful buildings from the Gothic era. Today, the Old Town Hall houses a fun toy museum situated in four rooms inside the tower, each on a different level

  13. Old Town Hall and the Heiliggeistkirche (Church of the Holy Ghost) view from Old St Peters tower

  14. Old Town Hall and Ludwig Beck view from Old St Peters tower

  15. New Town Hall, Ludwig Beck and Old Town Hall view from Old St Peters tower

  16. LUDWIG BECK, Store of the Senses, is Munich´s shopping Mecca for fashion, beauty, lifestyle and music

  17. The Alte Rathaus (“Old Town Hall”) sits at the eastern edge of Munich's Marienplatz

  18. Gift shop offers a variety of trinkets and souvenirs

  19. Heiliggeistkirche (Church of the Holy Ghost) is a Gothic hall church (14th century)

  20. Of the original Gothic church only the choir buttresses and the north wall of the nave remain. The tower (1730) has a lantern dome of characteristic Munich type. 

  21. Origami installation at Munich Heiliggeistkirche (Church of the Holy Ghost)

  22. The interior is a fine example of Gothic architecture decorated with magnificent frescoes and stuccowork in Baroque and Rococo

  23. Ceiling frescoes in the nave depict the spiritual gifts

  24.  Rococo frescoes and stucco ornament by the Asam brothers

  25. High altar

  26. High altar originally created by Nikolaus Stuber and Antonio Matteo in 1730 and reconstructed after the war

  27. Organ, built in 1977 by Ludwig Eisenbarth

  28. Viktualienmarkt Over the years, this market has evolved from a farmers' market to a popular market for fresh food and delicatessen

  29. Viktualienmarkt offers exotic ingredients that are not available anywhere else in the area, and is renowned for its diversity and size: 140 stalls and shops offering flowers and plants, fruits and vegetables, venison and fowl, eggs, butter, honey, fish, meat, sausages, herbs, spices, delicatessens, wine and tea are assembled on an area covering 22,000 square metres

  30. Viktualienmarkt The Maypole in the centre carries figurettes displaying the trades and crafts of this part of Munich. Maypoles date from the ages of general illiteracy and served to represent a village or later, as in this case, a borough and its trades to travelling salesmen or travelling craftsmen looking for a new master to learn from

  31. Viktualienmarkt maypole and the 55-meter-tall tower of the Old Town hall

  32. Viktualienmarkt maypole and the high tower of the Heiliggeistkirche (Church of the Holy Ghost) 

  33. Viktualienmarkt maypole and the 91m high tower (called "Old Peter")

  34. Altes Rathaus St. Peter's Church Heiliggeistkirche Viktualienmarkt

  35. Text: Internet Pictures: Internet & Sanda Foişoreanu Copyright: All the images belong to their authors Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu https://www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda https://ma-planete.com/michaelasanda 08.2016 Sound:Mozart concerto 26 (Coronation) - 3. Allegretto

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