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Walhalla (memorial)

1842 establishments in GermanyBuildings and structures completed in 1842Buildings and structures in Regensburg (district)German patriotic songsHalls of fame in Germany
Landmarks in GermanyLeo von Klenze buildingsMonuments and memorials in GermanyRegistered historic buildings and monuments in Bavaria
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The Walhalla is a hall of fame that honours laudable and distinguished people in German history – "politicians, sovereigns, scientists and artists of the German tongue"; thus the celebrities honoured are drawn from Greater Germany, a wider area than today's Germany, and even as far away as Britain in the case of several Anglo-Saxon figures. The hall is a neo-classical building above the Danube River, in Donaustauf, east of Regensburg in Bavaria, the exterior modelled on the Parthenon in Athens. The Walhalla memorial is named for the Valhǫll of Norse Paganism. It was conceived in 1807 by Crown Prince Ludwig I of Bavaria in order to support the gathering momentum for the unification of the many German states into the German Empire. Following his accession to the throne of Bavaria, construction took place between 1830 and 1842 under the supervision of the architect Leo von Klenze. The memorial displays some 65 plaques and 130 busts covering 2,000 years of history, beginning with Arminius, victor at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in the year 9 CE.

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Walhalla (memorial)
Fußweg zur Walhalla, Donaustauf (VGem)

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Fußweg zur Walhalla
93093 Donaustauf (VGem)
Bavaria, Germany
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