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Germany 🇩🇪, Marienplatz, New Town Hall

The new Town Hall is located in the heart of Munich — on Marienplatz Square. The building of the New Town Hall is one of the most famous tourist attractions of the city. 
 
The unique architecture of the New Town Hall, in the style of the new Gothic. Although, as its name already implies, it was built relatively recently — in 1905, thanks to the fashionable desire for "historicism" at that time, the town hall looks like a medieval castle.

The main facade features sculptures of almost all the dukes and kings of Bavaria, as well as the figure of the founding father of the city — King Henry the Lion. In the central opening stands a sculpture of Prince Regent Leopold on horseback, then the de facto ruler of Bavaria. On the facade facing Weinstrasse, a huge dragon reminds of the terrible threat of the plague.

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