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    Leo von Klenze (born Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze; 29 February 1784 – 26 January 1864) was a German architect and painter. He was the court architect...
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    after deciding in favor of Klenze's design Ludwig I wrote, “Only Nero and I can produce such giant statues....” Leo von Klenze, court architect of Bavarian...
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    projects of Friedrich von Gärtner, Joseph Daniel Ohlmüller and Friedrich Ziebland, primarily for cost reasons, and commissioned Leo von Klenze to build the Ruhmeshalle...
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    according to a design by Leo von Klenze for Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria's brother-in-law Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria. Klenze was also involved in the...
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    Munich (1816–1830) by Leo von Klenze Walhalla (1830–1842) by Leo von Klenze Propylaea in Munich (1854–1862) by Leo von Klenze Alte Nationalgalerie in...
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    1843, and the Frankish Tower in 1875. German Neoclassicist architect Leo von Klenze was responsible for the restoration of the Acropolis in the 19th century...
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    Königsplatz built in neoclassicism as a matter of ideological choice. Leo von Klenze supervised the construction of a Propylaia between 1854 and 1862. During...
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    architecture and was enormously influential on Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Leo von Klenze. Schinkel was in a position to stamp his mark on Berlin after the catastrophe...
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    Munich (1816–1830) by Leo von Klenze Walhalla (1830–1842) by Leo von Klenze Propylaea in Munich (1854–1862) by Leo von Klenze Alte Nationalgalerie in...
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    The interiors of the ground floor were designed by German architect Leo von Klenze in the Greek revival style in the early 1850s, using painted polished...
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    modern popular culture. Examples include the Walhalla temple built by Leo von Klenze for Ludwig I of Bavaria between 1830 and 1847 near Regensburg, Germany...
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    the station in Gemünden am Main. Leo von Klenze made him his assistant, and he worked in Klenze's office up to Klenze's death in 1864. Dollmann completed...
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    Glyptothek (category Leo von Klenze buildings)
    glyphein "to carve" and the noun θήκη "container"). It was designed by Leo von Klenze in the neoclassical style, and built from 1816 to 1830. Today the museum...
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    Ministry of War (Kingdom of Bavaria) (category Leo von Klenze buildings)
    the Ludwigstraße in Munich. Today the building, which was built by Leo von Klenze between 1824 and 1830, houses the Bavarian public record office, Bayerisches...
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    Palais Ludwig Ferdinand (category Leo von Klenze buildings)
    Palais) is an early 19th-century palace in Munich, Germany, designed by Leo von Klenze. It is located on the Wittelsbacherplatz (at number 4) but forms part...
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    The Acropolis at Athens (1846) by Leo von Klenze. Athena's name probably comes from the name of the city of Athens....
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    the park side. In 1826, under King Ludwig I of Bavaria, his architect Leo von Klenze removed the gables of the main pavilion with the Electoral coat of arms...
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    in central Munich which was developed in the early 19th century by Leo von Klenze and is at the southern end of the Ludwigstraße, developed at the same...
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    Palais Leuchtenberg (category Leo von Klenze buildings)
    King Ludwig I of Bavaria and the stepson of Napoleon, commissioned Leo von Klenze to build a "suburban city palace". Constructed between 1817 and 1821...
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    the Lenbachhaus. The Obelisk at Karolinenplatz was built in 1833 by Leo von Klenze as a memorial for the 30,000 Bavarian soldiers who lost their lives...
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    caryatids of the Walhalla Temple, near Regensburg, Germany, designed by Leo von Klenze in 1821, built in 1830-1842 Neoclassical caryatids of the Winkel van...
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    King Ludwig I of Bavaria (1825–1848), who instructed his architect Leo von Klenze to extend the palace. Between 1825 and 1835 the King's building (Königsbau)...
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    Alte Pinakothek (category Leo von Klenze buildings)
    organization of the Free state of Bavaria. King Ludwig I of Bavaria ordered Leo von Klenze to erect a new building for the gallery for the Wittelsbach collection...
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    Otto I, King of the Kingdom of Greece, brought the Bavarian architect Leo von Klenze to draw the new city plan of Athens, the church was considered for demolition...
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    The Acropolis at Athens (1846) by Leo von Klenze...
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    Odeon (Munich) (category Leo von Klenze buildings)
    which is named after it. Built in the early 19th century to a design by Leo von Klenze and forming a counterpoint to the externally identical Palais Leuchtenberg...
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    Ruhmeshalle (Munich) (category Leo von Klenze buildings)
    fame") is a Doric colonnade with a main range and two wings, designed by Leo von Klenze for Ludwig I of Bavaria. Built in 1853, it is situated on an ancient...
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    Munich court architect Eduard Riedel and later by Georg von Dollmann, son-in-law of Leo von Klenze. There is also, at the end of the period, the Reichstag...
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    the classical style. He was a pupil of Antonio Isopi and worked for Leo von Klenze, mainly in Munich where in 1830 he became Professor of Sculpture at...
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    avenue was constructed in Italian Renaissance style by Leo von Klenze from 1816 onwards. Klenze's last building was the Royal Ministry of War (Ludwigstr...
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