Munich Residence
Sprawling former royal palace of ten courtyards and over a hundred rooms, rebuilt from ruins after wartime bombing.
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This guide to the Munich Residence follows the gilded opera house inside the Wittelsbach palace, and the autumn of 1943 when conservators quietly began dismantling it, panel by panel, months before Allied bombs tore through the building. You'll hear about architect François Cuvilliés, who designed the theatre in the 1750s, and the winter night in 1781 when it hosted the premiere of Mozart's Idomeneo. Walk the ten courtyards keeping an eye out for where old stone meets careful reconstruction.
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