Dianatempel (Munich)
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The Diana Temple in the Munich Hofgarten, the garden of the Munich Residenz, is a twelve-sided gazebo from the Renaissance period with eight open and four closed round arcades. It is the crossing point of the main and diagonal axes of the Hofgarten.
The Diana Temple was created in 1613–1617 in Italian style together with the Hofgarten and goes back to Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria.[1] The temple forms the center of the garden and was probably created by Heinrich Schön around the year 1615.[2]
On it is a famous bronze figure, a copy of the Bavaria bronze statue of Hubert Gerhard. The original can be found in the Residenzmuseum. The bronze figure that crowns the roof was created in 1594 by Hans Krumpper and symbolizes the riches of Bavaria.
In the temple itself, four wall mounted shell fountains can be found.
