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GLYPTOTHEK
(Sculpture Gallery)
Location
Germany
Munich
Königsplatz
Building Type
Art Museum
Year
1816 - 1834
Style
Classicism
The
Glyptothek in the Königsplatz is notable as the first public sculpture gallery ever
erected. The gallery houses a collection of Greek and Roman sculptures owned by the Bavarian state. The
building, commissioned by King Louis I of Bavaria and designed in the Neoclassical style
by Leo von Klenze. |
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