The PropylŠen on King's Place (Kšnigsplatz)

The area around Kšnigsplatz is today the home to the Kunstareal, Munich's gallery and museum quarter. The square was designed as part of the representative boulevard Brienner Stra§e by Karl von Fischer working for Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and laid out by Leo von Klenze. Fischer modeled the Kšnigsplatz on the Acropolis in Athens. The concept was classical rigor embedded in living green, and so an expression of urban ideas of Ludwig I. who wanted to see cultural life, civic ideals, Catholic Christianity, royal administration and the military all together and embedded in green.
Klenze framed the square with the Ionic Glyptothek and the Doric Propylaea (PropylŠen; created as memorial for the accession of Otto of Greece). The Corinthian State Museum of Classical Art was erected by Georg Friedich Ziebland, on its back St. Boniface's Abbey is situated. The Glyptothek was built from 1816, the Propylaea were only completed in 1862. -wiki
Driving through Munich. Photo from the tour bus.