Friedrich von Gärtner was a German

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 architect

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Gärtner and Leo von Klenze

Leo von Klenze

Leo von Klenze was a German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer...

 are the most well known architects of Bavaria

Bavaria

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 during the reign of Ludwig I

Ludwig I of Bavaria

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. His architecture was generally in the Romanesque

Romanesque architecture

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 style and much to the king's taste. In 1822 Friedrich von Gärtner was appointed artistic director of the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory

Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory

The Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory , manufacturer of Nymphenburg porcelain, is situated in the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, capital of Bavaria, and since the mid-eighteenth century has been manufacturing porcelain of high artistic value.- History :After his accession in 1745 Maximilian III...

. From 1842 he was the director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.

Gärtner's Ludwigskirche

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in the Ludwigsstrasse in Munich strongly influenced other church architecture, especially in North America. He is buried in the Alter Südfriedhof

Alter Südfriedhof

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 in Munich.

Main Works

• In Munich
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  • Feldherrnhalle
    Feldherrnhalle
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  • Siegestor
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  • University building
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  • Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
• Pompejanum in Aschaffenburg
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• Kursaal in Bad Kissingen
  Bad Kissingen
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• He began the Befreiungshalle
  Befreiungshalle
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   in Kelheim
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   that was redesigned by the architect Leo von Klenze
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  Leo von Klenze was a German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer...
  
   and built accordingly.
• Royal palace in Athens
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  , building now used as the Hellenic Parliament
  Hellenic Parliament
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