Pedestrian zones, old town tunnels, parks, fountains and the return of the Quadriga: in the years leading up to the Olympic Games, the cityscape changed rapidly. There is plenty of money for this – until the hangover sets in in 1973.
The figure of Bavaria, more than five meters high, four mighty lions pulling a two-wheeled chariot, all cast in bronze and weighing 22 tons: It was an extraordinary load that drove to the Siegestor in the early morning hours of May 16, 1972 with a low-loader became.