Munielt has no churches of great fame, The Ludwigskirche is a rather attractive example of Italian Renaissance, and contains a noteworthy Last Judgment by Cornelius. -The Saint Boniface basilica, dating from 1850, with some three seore of gray marble columns, is also worthy of men tion, as are the eathedral—the Frauenkirehe the Gothic Alariahilfkirehe, and the Gothic (lie singer Church. The synagogue is one of the larg est and finest in Germany. All these elmrches, except the cathedral, belong to the nineteenth century. Among the impressive secular build ings are the War Office, the Post 011iee, and the new Gothic Bathaus. an attractive building com pleted in 1871.
The picture and seulpture collections of Alit nich are 111111011.4. The building of the Old Pinakothek. situated in northern section of the city, nut far from the royal palace. was constructed in 1821;.3G, in the Renaissance style. It is about 171 yards long. and is embellished on the exterior by statues by Schwanthaler. It contains about canvases. .Almost all the great masters of !minting,: since time are represented Imre by works of the highest excellence. The greatest gents perhaps arc Saints Peter, .101111. Paul, and Mark; several portrait, and other pictures by including the "Battle of the the ".Ma-sacre 1)1 the and the "Lion and Saint Bernard and Beggar Boys Eating The ()Id Pinakothek contains in addition valimble cabinets of vases; also engravings and drawings. Its loggie are decorated by Adjacent on the north i. thr Nel\' with a good of modern artists, mostly Bavarian. There are about TOO works. Here isfound also all antigimrium with fine bronzes and terrawottas principally from Rome and Greece. In the vicinity is also the mainly a col lection of ancient statuary. The edifice is of a classie and imposing ionic pattern. graced with columns and artistically embellished. It has Assyrian and Egyptian department., a- well as departments devoted to excellent I:reek and II.tmian examples and to incunabula. The highly prized collection of marbles from the island of „Egina is also in the Glyptothck. Its most valu able sculpture perhaps is the Greek ilarlwrini Faun ot.c.
In eonneetion with the realm of art in :\lunich may be mentioned the 1:unstgeNverbehaus; also the .:\cademy of Art., all ambitious edifwe in
Italian Henaissanee„ completed in 1885. The tists of Munieh maintain in the so-called Exhibi tion Building in 1 8 15 I a permanent ex hibition of their paintings exposed for sale. The Bavarian National founded in 1855, and housed in a fine edifice. is of great value. Among its numerous collections covering I11:1 113' departments of human endeavor, the most able perhaps are the art %Yorks of the mon:twill Renaissance and modern periods. The Schwan I haler Museum eontains models of the works. .\ noteworthy picture collection also is the Selmek :allery. ehoiee and interesting copies of the great masters by many of foremost modern painters. I WWI' are t he collect ion of and left by the painter and the Lotzbeek museum of idyl 111', 1111(1 AhniMf is celebrated also as a musieal centre, espeeially for operas. The National Theater is one of the most inumrtant of modern operatici11 being intimately identified with the \Vaguer and tradition.
Among the monuments not Id tioned are those .if Louis I., Schiller. Gluck. Swindling, Eramilnifer, G:irtner: the large and striking monument to \la ximilian II.. dating from the tim' statue of Elector I.. after plans by Thorualdsen ; an obelisk made mf the metal of vaptored cannon, and erected to the memory of the Bavarian soldiers who died in the war with Russia; the fine monument to Liebig, the chemist ; the new and splendid Wit telsbach fountain; also the bronze 1ischbrunmcn, associated with the Festivals. The Church of Saint Alichael contains a fine monu ment by Thorwahlsen to Eugene Beauliarnais. The Siege-thor—Gate of in 1S43 in honor of the Bavarian Army, is a splen did arch patterned after that of Constantine at Rome. It is surmounted by a lingo figure of Bavaria. I111 the magnificent Kiinigsplatz, near the I nyptothek, rises the Propyhea, an attractive portal completed with Doric and Ionic features in tribute to the cause of Greek pendence. Notable also is the ancient Isarthor, with elaborate frescoes. Still other objects worthy of visit in Munich are the Bronze dry and the Royal Arsenal, with an interesting military 01mseuin, containing relies of the Na poleonic wars.
At the head of the educational institutions is the celebrated university. (See MuNien, UNI