Munich was luminous. A radiant, blue-silk sky stretched out over the festive squares and white-columned temples, the neoclassical monuments and Baroque churches, the spurting fountains, the palaces and gardens of the residence, and the latter’s broad and shining perspectives, carefully calculated and surrounded by green, basked in the sunny haze of a first and lovely June day. Thomas Mann, Gladius Dei, 1902 Neue Rathaus and Marienplatz A radiant, blue-silk sky stretched out over the festive squares Frauenkirche ...and white-columned temples St. Michael's Kirke ...and Baroque churches Karlsplatz Stachus ...the spurting fountains Nymphenburg Palace ... the palaces and gardens Gardens of Nymphenburg Palace ...and surrounded by green, basked in the sunny haze of a first and lovely June day. Then (1902) and now (June 2017). Note : The palace that Thomas Mann was referring to is the Residenz in Munich. I su
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