Munich - Court Garden

(Local Name: Hofgarten) The Hofgarten, a garden in the Italian style, lies on the north side of the Residenz, enclosed on two sides by long arcades. It was laid out in its present form in 1613-17, in the time of Duke Maximilian I, and has undergone no significant alteration since then. Rows of chestnuts, limes and maples give welcome shade among the beautifully tended rose- and flowerbeds.

In the center of the gardens stands the Temple of Diana, a twelve-sided pavilion with a low domed roof (1615; attributed to Heinrich Schön the Elder). The "Tellus Bavarica", the graceful bronze figure on the roof (originally by Hubert Gerhard, 1594), was given new attributes to make it a symbol of Bavaria by Hans Krumper