Sight-seeing in Germany and the Tyrol in the autumn of 1855
Page 313 of 417
Author:
Forbes, John / by sir John Forbes
Place:
London
Publisher:
Smith, Felder and Co.
Physical description:
XIX, 378 S. : Ill., Kt.
Language:
Englisch
Subject heading:
g.Deutschland ; f.Reisebericht 1855<br />g.Österreich ; f.Reisebericht 1855<br />g.Tirol ; f.Reisebericht 1855
Location mark:
II A-23.768
Intern ID:
152665
tlie gigantic bronze statue of Bàt ahi a is ereeted. Tt completely overtowers thè tempio, yet preserves an admirable liarmony with it. This statue is in itself no less than sixty-six feet high, and as it Stands on a pedestal of thirty feet, its total elevation above the platfonn of the Hall is ninety-six feet. It was modelled by Schwanthaler, and cast by Ferdinand Müller. Its effect is very grand. The small mound of rising ground on which the Hall of Fame is bullt, is thè high est in thè
, at thè end of the Ludwigstrasse, is täken from Constantine’s Triumphant Arch at Borne, and is an elegant structure, On the platfonn, on its summit, is a grand group in bronze, by Ferdinand Müller, representing Bavaria erect in a car of triumph, drawn by four lions. In the Wittelsbacher Platz there is a magnificent monument to the memory of the Elector Maximilian I, consisting of an equestrian statue of colossal dimensiona, seventeen and a half feet high, raised on a marhle pedestal of like height