Big biga

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Fritz Koenig: Big Biga

Large Biga is a monumental bronze sculpture by Fritz Koenig . The work of art dates back to 2000 and has been in Munich before the Alte Pinakothek in the quarter Maxvorstadt placed in the Munich Art Quarter . A biga is a two-wheeled chariot that was used in ancient Rome for exhibition fights and chariot races . The sculpture is stylized as an ancient Roman chariot, with horses and people. Carriages, horses and people merge into one.

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Commons : Fritz Koenig: Large Biga  album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: biga  - explanations of meanings, word origins , synonyms, translations

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  1. Große Biga , Munich in the picture

Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 55.8 "  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 11.4"  E