Walhalla

Why go

This record is the monument building in Donaustauf, run since 2016 by the Bavarian Palace Department (Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung); it is not in the city of Regensburg. The department's page (in German) says Ludwig, then crown prince, conceived from 1807 a place of remembrance honouring distinguished German-speaking men and women, that Leo von Klenze designed it with the Parthenon in Athens as his main inspiration, and that the foundation stone was laid in 1830 and the hall opened on 18 October 1842. Inside, busts and memorial plaques of the people chosen by Ludwig I and his advisers line the walls, a selection of rulers, generals, scientists and artists regarded as exemplary in the 19th century; since 1962 busts have been added at intervals of five to seven years, chosen by the Bavarian Council of Ministers on the recommendation of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. The page says dogs and other animals may not be taken into the Walhalla.