Maxmonument

The Max Monument on Munich's Maximilianstrasse honors King Maximilian II of Bavaria. Built in the Neo-Baroque style to a design by Caspar Zumbusch, it was formally unveiled in 1875 at the instigation of King Ludwig II. On a traffic island in the Lehel district, the bronze main figure rises five meters (about 16 feet) high on a pedestal of Meissen granite. The king is shown in his coronation robe, holding the constitutional charter and resting on a sword. The statue is surrounded by allegorical figures symbolizing peace, wisdom, strength, and justice, as well as putti bearing the coats of arms of the Bavarian regions. Now a protected historic monument, it is one of the city's central historical sights.