Munich - Promenadeplatz

(Local Name: Promenadeplatz / Kardinal-Faulhaber-Strasse) Once Munich's salt market, Promenadeplatz, a long green space between the Frauenkirche and Dreifaltigskeitkirche, is today embellished with statues of the Prince Elector Max Emanuel, the composers Christoph Willibald Gluck and Orlando di Lasso and the Bavarian historian Lorenz von Westenrieder. The first two are by Friedrich Brugger (1848, 1861), the last two by Max von Widnmann (1849, 1854).

Bounding the square on the north side are the elegant Hotel Bayerische Hof (in part the former Palais Montgelas) and the Kleine Komödie, a popular theater.

The palace, in mature Neo-Classical style, was built by Herigoyen for Count Maximilian Joseph von Montgelas, who is regarded as the creator of modern Bavaria (having preserved the independence of Bavaria between the two great powers, Austria and France, and established a central administration). In 1971-72 the palace was almost completely rebuilt and taken over by the Bayerischer Hof Hotel. Some rooms have survived in their original form.

Gunetzrhainer-Haus, on the south side of the square, was built in 1730 for his own use by the then Court Architect.