The Bavaria is enthroned as an 18 meter high bronze statue above the Theresienwiese, where the world-famous Oktoberfest is held every year. There are numerous reasons why you should visit the ...

The monument was located on Grünten mountain in Bavaria, south-west of Munich German ... The two-metre tall (6.5ft) wooden statue was apparently chopped down over the weekend, the Allgaeuer ...

Immediately afterwards, saluting shots fired through the air at the Bavaria statue - the sign for all innkeepers that the Oktoberfest has begun. According to tradition, the first "Maß" (1 liter ...