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Leo von Klenze. An architect, painter, and writer, Leo von Klenze is most noted for his work as court architect to Ludwig I, king of Bavaria. He designed streets, squares, and numerous monumental buildings that set the scale and tone of Munich, the Bavarian capital.

German architect. He created some of the finest C19 buildings in Bavaria, notably in Munich, which he helped to transform into a sophisticated and beautiful Court and Capital City. Trained in Berlin (1800–3—where he was influenced by the elder Gilly and designs by the younger), he worked with Percier and Fontaine in Paris (where he also ...

The artist Leo von Klenze was an architect for the Court of the Bavarian King, Ludwig I. The King’s passion for Hellenism shaped the architectural style of von Klenze. Klenze built many neoclassical buildings in Munich, and he designed probably the best known modern Hellenistic architectural ensemble.

Leo Klenze, ab 1822 von Klenze, vollständig Franz Karl Leopold Klenze, (* 29. Februar 1784 in Buchladen (Bockelah / Bocla) bei Schladen, Hochstift Hildesheim; † 27. Januar 1864 in München) war ein deutscher Architekt, Maler und Schriftsteller. Er gilt neben Karl Friedrich Schinkel als bedeutendster Architekt des Klassizismus.

Klenze, Leo von (1784–1864). German architect. He created some of the finest C19 buildings in Bavaria, notably in Munich, which he helped to transform into a sophisticated and beautiful Court and Capital City. Trained in Berlin (1800–3—where he was influenced by the elder Gilly and designs by the younger), he worked with Percier and ...

The Walhalla was built by Ludwig’s I favourite architect, Leo von Klenze (1784-1864), one of the most important Neoclassical architects of the 19th century. The foundation stone was laid in 1830 and the building was ceremoniously opened twelve years later, on 18 October 1842.

Leo Von Klenze. Leo von Klenze was a German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer. Court architect of Bavarian King Ludwig I, Leo von Klenze was one of the most prominent representatives of Greek revival style. Von Klenze studied architecture and public building finance under Friedrich Gilly in Berlin, and worked as an apprentice to ...