And now for something completely different. The Walhalla is a hall of fame that honors laudable and distinguished people, famous personalities in German history – politicians, sovereigns, scientists and artists of the German tongue. The hall is housed in a neo-classical building above the Danube River, east of Regensburg and is based on the Pantheon in Athens. The memorial displays some 65 plaques and 130 busts of persons, covering 2,000 years of history – the earliest person honored is Arminius, victor at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (9 AD). Construction took place between 1830 and 1842, The building project is said to have costed a staggering £666,666 to construct. This is a a magnificent structure, very different from everything we have seen today. There are 250 steps to the bottom of the structure so it is better to simply come by car rather than a boat.
Very neat. As you may or may not know Valhalla is the giant hall in Asgard, where the dead go… Or at least the ones chosen by Odin as worthy of being there. I wonder if the guy who built it was a fan of Norse mythology.
Right you are! They do talk about Norse mythology but the main topic of discussion was the price tag. The prince bishop of Wurzburg won 600K and started on the palace there for less money than what this cost. Crazy!