Munich - Wittelsbacherplatz

The architectural unity of the rectangular Wittelsbacherplatz with its ensemble of Neo-Classical buildings, bears all the hallmarks of its designer Leo von Klenze. The square is bounded on the north side by the Alfons-Palais, built in 1825 as a home for von Klenze himself but later acquired by Prince Ludwig Ferdinand von Wittelsbach. Renovated in the 1960s, the palace is today the head office of the Siemens Corporation. On the west side stands the Neo-Classical Palais Arco-Zinneberg (1820), which was badly damaged in the last war. Since restored it is now given over to business premises, chiefly boutiques and suchlike. The famous Odeon, present home of the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior, bounds the square on the northeast side.

An equestrian statue of the Elector Maximilian I, unveiled in 1839, adorns the center of the square. Modeled by Bertel Thorvaldsen, it was cast in bronze by Johann Baptist Stiglmaier.