The Alter Hof ...

Among the places we visited in the old city center of Munich, I liked this place specially because it has a small 'monkey' story behind it, as monkeys are one my favourite animals, I was fascinated by the place and the story. The Alter Hof, was also called as Ludwigsburg, was the first Munich residence of the Bavarian Royal family. The Emperor Ludwig of the Bavarian, ruled the Holy Roman Empire from here it seems. This place have a beautiful courtyard with a beautiful Late Gothic oriel known as the Affenturm (Monkey's Tower). Now to the story... there was a fire in this royal residence when Prince Ludwig was an Infant, and a pet monkey from the royal residence saved him and got him back safely only after the fire was extinguished. Now there is a very fine restaurant in that place with a small monkey logo and torch with flames. I took a cheesy touristy picture next to it....