🔔"Especially amazing experience when all the church bells rang at the same time"
🦁Spot the four beasts: lion, basilisk, dragon, and snake
📸Visit early morning for clearer photos without crowds
At the very center of Marienplatz rises the Mariensäule, a gleaming golden column crowned by the Virgin Mary and ringed by four bronze putti slaying beasts: war, plague, hunger, and heresy. Erected in 1638 to celebrate Munich's survival, it remains the city's spiritual and geographical heart.
17th-century monument
Marian devotion
Marienplatz landmark
bronze putti sculptures
🔔"Especially amazing experience when all the church bells rang at the same time"
🦁Spot the four beasts: lion, basilisk, dragon, and snake
📸Visit early morning for clearer photos without crowds
At the very center of Marienplatz rises the Mariensäule, a gleaming golden column crowned by the Virgin Mary and ringed by four bronze putti slaying beasts: war, plague, hunger, and heresy. Erected in 1638 to celebrate Munich's survival, it remains the city's spiritual and geographical heart.
17th-century monument
Marian devotion
Marienplatz landmark
bronze putti sculptures