Feldherrnhalle
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Feldherrnhalle is a monumental loggia on Odeonsplatz, built between 1841 and 1844 for King Ludwig I to honor the Bavarian army, modeled on Florence's Loggia dei Lanzi. Bronze statues cast from melted cannons flank its arcades, and lions added in 1906 echo the Medici lions of its Florentine model. In 1923 it was the site where Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch was stopped.
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The Feldherrnhalle ("Field Marshals' Hall") is a monumental loggia on the Odeonsplatz in Munich, Germany. Modelled after the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, it was commissioned in 1841 by King Ludwig I of Bavaria to honour the tradition of the Bavarian Army. In 1923, it was the site of the brief battle that ended Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch. During the Nazi era, it served as a monument commemorating the deaths of the 15 Nazis and one bystander killed during the revolt.
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- Feldherrnhalle is a monumental loggia on Odeonsplatz, built between 1841 and 1844 for King Ludwig I to honor the Bavarian army, modeled on Florence's Loggia dei Lanzi. Bronze statues cast from melted cannons flank its arcades, and lions added in 1906 echo the Medici lions of its Florentine model. In 1923 it was the site where Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch was stopped.
- Where is Feldherrnhalle?
- Feldherrnhalle is in München, Munich (Germany).