Munich - Angel of Peace

(Local Name: Friedensengel) The Angel of Peace, prominently situated on the upper east embankment of the Isar, was erected by the city of Munich in 1895-99 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Peace of Versailles (which ended the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War) and in honor of the Bavarian Army.

The monument consists of a 23m/75ft Corinthian column surmounted by a gilded bronze figure of an angel, modeled in fact on Nike, the Greek Goddess of Victory at Olympia. At the foot of the column a double staircase leads down to an open temple portico and terrace with a fountain, designed by W. Zimmermann in 1891.

Heinrich Düll, Georg Pezold and Max Heilmeier were the sculptors, Joseph Buhlmann