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MUNICH LOS CABOS
N ot Munich, with a population century Nymphenburg porcelain factory
of 1.5 million is one of Europe’s where European porcelain was perfected and
hidden wonders. Baroque and is still crafted by hand.
Rococo architecture blend with old and new Indeed, shopping in Munich intrigues the
as exemplified by the Lenbachhaus museum tasteful explorer, with smaller, discriminating
which reopened in 2013 with a contemporary- shops that offer jewelry suitable for royalty and
designed gallery that includes works by men’s tailoring which vie with those of Paris
Blue Rider artists of the caliber of Wassily and London.
Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter.
Munich is home to the vast Baroque palace of Munich has not reinvented itself; that would
the nymphs, the Nymphenburg Palace and its mean a break with the past. Instead, it has
satellite Schlösser which was built by Bavarian succeeded in blending tradition with a new
rulers as a summer house. feel, exemplified by the city’s strengths in art,
Reminiscent of Versailles, it sits on a splendid architecture and design.
490-acre park and includes the mid-18th-
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