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Munich (München) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Bavaria and 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. The Munich Metropolitan Region is home to 5.8 million people.The city is a major centre of art, advanced technologies, finance, publishing, education, innovation, culture, business, and tourism in Germany and Europe and enjoys a very high standard and quality of living, reaching #1 in Germany and #4 worldwide according to the 2015 Mercer survey

Karlsplatz/StachusThe square is named after Elector Karl Theodor. The locals prefer to call it "Stachus" after the forename of Eustachius Foederl who kept a popular inn and beer garden on this site in the 18th century. In the middle of the half round buildings in the neo-Baroque style the remains of Karlstor, a medieval city gate

Justizpalast - Palace of Justice

Monumental building in the Neobaroque style. Entrance: Prielmayerstrasse. Today district court. Built 1891-1897 according plans of architect F.v.Thiersch. Opportunity of taking a glance into the with a gigantic steel glass dome roofed courtyard

Justizpalast Palace of Justice

Justizpalast (Palace of Justice), built 1891-1897

Munich was first mentioned in 1158From 1255 the city was seat of the Bavarian Dukes

Justizpalast (Palace of Justice) details

Justizpalast (Palace of Justice)

The Old Botanical Garden was created under King Maximilian in 1814 (most of the tender specimens were moved in the early 20th century to the New Botanical Garden behind Schloss Nymphenburg, leaving this island of city-centre greenery)The neoclassical entrance gate is called the Kleine Propyläen and is a leftover from the original gardens

The Old Botanical Garden

The Neptune Fountain, on the south side

The Neptune Fountain, by Josef Wackerle1937

Justizpalast (Palace of Justice) and the Old Botanical Garden

The Neptune Fountain, by Josef Wackerle1937 and Justizpalast (Palace of Justice)

The Neptune Fountain dates from the Nazi period when the garden was turned into a public park

The Neptune Fountain, by Josef Wackerle1937 (detail)

The Kleine Propyläen

Karls Gate (Karlstor). The building is the westernmost of three remaining gothic town gates out of originally five

Modern Karlstor view outbound towards Karlsplatz

Karlstor (Karls Gate), a medieval city gate details

“The Three Musicians” by Konrad Knoll (1865) at the northern side of the Karlstor  (Karls Gate)

Pedestrian area of Neuhauser Strasse near the Stachus

Brunnenbuberl fountain 1895

This naked young boy was initially greeted by public outcry in 1895, when local sculptor Matthias Gasteiger (1871-1934) refused to supply him with a fig leaf, even when Prince Regent Luitpold personally asked for it - the artist was king in München!Nevertheless, he went on to win the gold medal at a prestigious international sculpture competition in Paris and is today Munich's best-loved fountain

Herzog-Max Straße

In the pedestrian area of Kaufingerstrasse

St.Michael Kirche

Karlsplatz

Neptun fountain

Justizpalast

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Endless Staircase outside the KPMG Building

Endless Staircase outside the KPMG Building

Gockel, Hinkel and

Gackeleia, in memory of

Clemens Brentano

(1778-1842, poet)

Gockel, Hinkel and Gackeleia, in memory of Clemens

Brentano (1778-1842, poet), Herzog Wilhelm Str. 13,

1981 by Angelika Fazekas

Walking man by Jonathan

Borofsky (American, 1942)

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Walking manLeopoldstrasse

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