Kees' photos with the keyword: residenz

... on a rainy day in May.

The entrance of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. I knew little about Munich before coming, but what I did know was that about 70% of the buildings had been destroyed during the war. So I was really surprised to see this. As a matter of fact, most of what you see here has been rebuilt in the early 50ies.

The Munich Residence reflected in the windows of the Max Planck building, on the other side of the road. The contrast between old and modern is a bit obvious, perhaps...

A view from my room in the Bavarian Academy. In the background you can see the Opera, opposite on the left is the Spanish Cultural Institute. The Instituto Cervantes (as it is called) forms the head of a wing in which theater scenery is kept. Actually, it is part of the scenery itself: it was built after the war in the same style as the surrounding part of the Residence; behind this façade the wing continues in a much more businesslike manner. Ugly, hiding the nice church on the right (damaged in the war and restored just a few years ago), and destroying what once was a square, the Marstallplatz.