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P Brühlsche Terrasse of Saxon culture and
Brühlsche Terrasse. traditions, especially from the
Once part of the town’s Erzgebirge Mountains.
fortifications, this attractive
terrace subsequently lost its E Japanisches Palais
military importance and was Palaisplatz II. Tel (0351) 81 44 08 41.
transformed into magnificent Museum für Völkerkunde (Museum
gardens by the diplomat and of Ethnography): Open 10am– 6pm
patron of arts Heinrich von Tue–Sun. Landesmuseum für
Brühl, after whom it is named. Vorgeschichte (State Museum of
Offering splendid views over Prehistory): Open 10am–6pm
the River Elbe, it was known as Tue–Sun. Senckenberg
Naturhistorische Sammlungen:
“the balcony of Europe”. There Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. The Baroque Schloß Pillnitz, Augustus the Strong’s summer residence
are several great buildings on Wasserpalais: Open May–Oct:
the terraces – the first one, seen Originally the Dutch Palais, this Cosel, Brühl) are set during the 10am–6pm Wed–Mon.
from Schloßplatz, is the Neo- three­wing structure was built time of Augustus the Strong.
Renaissance Landtag (parliament in 1715. It was extended in 1729– This charming summer residence,
building); next to it is a small Two Women on Tahiti, Paul Gauguin, 1892, in the Albertinum 31, by Zacharias Longuelune, for Y Großer Garten on the banks of the Elbe, was
Neo-Baroque building, the Augustus the Strong’s Japanese City centre. built in 1720–23 by Augustus the
Secundogenitur library built century, contains paintings P Goldener Reiter porcelain collection, at which The history of this great garden Strong and designed by Matthäus
for the second generation of from the 19th and 20th Neustädter Markt. time the palace changed its goes back to the 17th century, Daniel Pöppelmann. There are
Brühls, now a popular café; centuries, including works by The Neustadt (new town), on name. For years the palace served although it has been redesigned two parallel palaces: the Berg­
this is followed by the Kunst­ the German Impressionists the right bank of the Elbe, lost as a library; today it holds several times since. At the park’s palais (mountain palace) and the
akademie (art academy), Lovis Corinth and Max much of its former glory through spectacular exhibitions run by the centre stands an early Baroque Wasserpalais (water palace); the
known as Zitronenpresse (lemon Liebermann, landscapes by destruction in World War II. Visi- above­mentioned museums. palace built in 1678–83 to a latter can be reached by stairs
squeezer) because of its ribbed Caspar David Friedrich, tors may therefore be surprised design by Johann Georg Starcke. directly from the river jetty.
glass dome. Among the statues canvases by the Nazarine group to come across this glistening, P Pfunds Molkerei A miniature railway takes visitors Between 1818 and 1826 the two
and monuments on the terrace of painters and works by gilded equestrian statue of Bautzner Straße 79. Tel (0351) 80 80 to Carolasee, a boating lake. It also palaces were joined by a third
are works by the sculptor Ernst European masters such as Augustus the Strong in the 80. Open 10am–6pm Mon–Sat, stops at the botanical gardens in one, the Neues Palais. Today the
Rietschel, the architect Gottfried Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, middle of a square, at the end 10am–3pm Sun. ∑ pfunds.de the northwest section of the park, Bergpalais houses a fascinating
Semper and the painter Caspar Vincent van Gogh, Édouard of the plane tree- In the 19th­century part of the and at the zoo. The Mosaik­ museum of decorative art. The
David Friedrich. Manet and Claude Monet. lined Hauptstraße. Neustadt, with its many bars, brunnen (mosaic fountain) main attraction, however, is the
The Albertinum’s other The monument, galleries, pubs and fringe theatres, nearby was designed by Hans park, laid out in English and
P Albertinum collection, the Skulp­ which was erected stands this old dairy founded by Poelzig and built in 1926. Chinese styles, with an orangery
Brühlsche Terrasse. Tel (0351) 491 45 90. turen sammlung, is a in 1736, is the Paul Pfund. Its interior is lined with and pavilions.
Galerie Neue Meister. Open 10am–6pm small collection of work of Jean dazzling, multi­coloured tiles, P Blaues Wunder
Tue–Sun. ∑ skd.museum sculptures, Joseph Vinache, showing Neo­Renaissance motifs Loschwitz/Blasewitzer Brücke. E Karl-May-Museum
Originally a royal arsenal, the including court sculptor relating to the dairy’s products. The suspension bridge which Radebeul, Karl­May­Straße 5. Tel
Albertinum was rebuilt in its remarkable late to Augustus. Today there is a shop which offers spans the River Elbe in the eastern (0351) 837 30 10. Open Mar–Oct:
current Neo-Renaissance style Baroque and hundreds of dairy products, as part of the town is painted blue 9am–6pm; Nov–Feb: 10am–4pm
in the 1880s by Carl Adolf early Rococo works by The Goldener Reiter in P Neues Rathaus well as a small bar, where visitors and nicknamed “blue wonder”. Tue–Sun. Closed 1 Jan, 24, 25, 31 Dec.
Canzler. Forty years earlier, Balthasar Permoser. the new town Dr-Külz-Ring. can sample the specialities. Built in 1891–3, its main span Radebeul, 5 km (3 miles)
Bernhard von Lindenau had The giant Neo- is 141.5 m (464 ft) long. The northwest of Dresden, is much
donated his considerable R Kreuzkirche Renaissance new town hall, in E Kraszewski-Museum bridge leads to Loschwitz, a visited by the fans of Winnetou,
fortune to the city to set up a An der Kreuzkirche 6. Tel (0351) 439 the southwest of the old town, Nordstraße 28. Tel (0351) 804 44 50. neighbourhood in a picturesque a fictional Indian chief, and his
collection of contemporary art, 39 20. Open Summer: 10am–6pm was erected in 1905–1910. Its Open 1–6pm Wed–Sun. location amidst hills, which has friend Old Shatterhand. A
which was then displayed in the Mon–Fri; winter: 10am–4pm Mon–Fri. round tower (70 m/230 ft), This small museum is devoted to many attractive villas and small museum is devo ted to the life
Albertinum. Today, the building Tower: 10am–5pm daily. crowned with a gilded statue of the life of the Polish writer Józef palaces built in the 19th century. and work of the author, Karl
houses two magnificent The present Baroque/Neo- Hercules, offers a good view of Ignacy Kraszewski who, having May, who lived and died in
collections. That of the Galerie Classical church was built the old city centre. In the foyer escaped arrest in Warsaw, settled P Schloß Pillnitz Radebeul. It also displays May’s
Neue Meister, which was in 1764–92 to a design by is a large model of the city as in Dresden in 1853. Inspired by Tel (0351) 261 30. large collection of Native
established in the mid-19th Johann Georg Schmidt. To planned for 2015. the town’s history, several of his Kunstgewerbemuseum Bergpalais: American costumes and
commemorate the novels (for example Hrabina Open May–Oct: 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. other items.
shelling in World E Museum für Sächsische
War II, the interior Volkskunst (Jägerhof)
has not been fully Köpckestr. 1. Tel (0351) 49 14 20 00.
restored. The Cross Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun.
of Nails from the This Renaissance hunting lodge
ruins of Coventry on the north bank of the Elbe
Cathedral in England was built between 1568 and
creates a powerful 1613. Its west wing – the only
symbolic link part that escaped destruction –
between the now houses a museum of
Secundogenitur library on Brühlsche Terrasse two countries. ethnography with collections The suspension bridge across the Elbe river, nicknamed “Blaues Wunder”
Moritzburg Castle and its reflected façade, Saxony For hotels and restaurants in this area see p494 and pp514–16

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