The Odeon is a former concert hall in the Odeonsplatz in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, which is named after it. Built in the early 19th century to a design by Leo von Klenze and forming a counterpoint to the externally identical Palais Leuchtenberg, it was rebuilt after being almost totally destroyed in World War II and now houses the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior.
Exterior of the Odeon, from the Ludwigstraße
Inner courtyard, formerly the concert auditorium, after being glazed over in 2007
The Odeonsplatz is a large square in central Munich which was developed in the early 19th century by Leo von Klenze and is at the southern end of the Ludwigstraße, developed at the same time. The square is named for the former concert hall, the Odeon, on its northwestern side. The name Odeonsplatz has come to be extended to the parvis (forecourt) of the Residenz, in front of the Theatine Church and terminated by the Feldherrnhalle, which lies to the south of it. The square was the scene of a fatal gun battle which ended the march on the Feldherrnhalle during the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch.
View from the Odeonsplatz on to the Feldherrnhalle (l) and the Theatinerkirche (r)
West side of the Odeonsplatz, looking south to the Theatine Church and Feldherrnhalle
View north through the Ludwigstraße
Pre-1891 photograph looking south to the Feldherrnhalle from the Odeonsplatz