Propylaea came from a Greek word meaning a memorial gate or ceremonial entrance. The most famous propylaea is in Athens.
This gate is not considered one of the three remaining city gates of Munich (two of them are shown in photo 01 and 03) because those were built as part of the city defensive fortifications.
The Propylaea, a neo-classical structure completed in 1862, served a very different historical purpose.
This gate was commissioned by King Ludwig I as a memorial to the Greek War of Independence and the accession of his son, Otto, to the Greek throne.
Located at Königsplatz, by the two museums Bavarian State Collection of Antiquities and the Glyptothek (on the left and right in this photo), it was meant to be the Athens on the Isar.