The Obelisk (Leo von Klenze), which honours the more than 30,000 Bavarian soldiers who died battling Napoleon, Karolinenplatz, Munich, Germany.
The obelisk honours the more than thirty thousand Bavarian soldiers who gave their lives in Napoleon's 1812 campaign against Russia "Karolinenplatz is a square created between 1809 and 1812 on the route from the Residenz Palace to the Nymphenburg Palace. It was at the center of a district known as Maxvorstadt, named after Maximilian I who instigated the development of the area. The square was designed by Karl von Fischer, a renowned German architect who also designed Munich's National Theatre."
Size: 3456px × 5184px
Location: Karolinenplatz, Munich, Germany
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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