Leo von Klenze, Walhalla, near Regensburg, 1830-42

Symbol of the concept both archaeological and romantic of Greek civilization, the Walhalla presents the ideal of temple of Germanic heroes in rigorously Greek Doric forms a peripteral temple, based on the model of the Parthenon, which is reached by climbing a monumental outdoor stairway on a peak above the Danube The view of this temple set in a timeless landscape achieves the height of the neo classic al movement.