from Fidelio, a Mendelssohn aria, and the song Adelaide. This was followed by a banquet for 550 guests at the Hotel Der Stern. The banquet was disrupted by the behaviour of Lola Montez, who danced on a table and embarrassed Liszt by insisting she was his guest at the celebrations and demanding a seat appropriate to her claimed status, thus upsetting a pre-organised seating arrangement. This scandalised the Bonn authorities, and it redounded to Liszt himself, so much so that when Beethoven's centenary was celebrated in Bonn in 1870, he was not invited to attend. The monument itself Sir George Smart declared the facial features of the statue a good likeness of Beethoven, as did Ignaz Moscheles. But Beethoven's assistant Anton Schindler was contemptuous of it. Restoration The statue was removed from its plinth for restoration and cleaning in January 2022. The work took six months. References 1845 establishments in Germany Buildings and structures in Bonn Bronze sculptures in Germany Monuments and memorials in Germany Outdoor sculptures in Germany Sculptures of Ludwig van Beethoven Statues in Germany Statues of musicians Tourist attractions in Bonn 1845 sculptures