DRESDEN, MEISSEN and environs in Saxony October 2008

East-German federal state of Saxony: Dresden, Meissen and environs.

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DRESDEN


Inner city
on the Elbe river
 
Hausmann tower, court church
and Semper opera-house
 
Niche over the entrance
ot the Semper opera-house
 
"Zwinger"-palace
festival(inner)court
 
"Zwinger"-palace
gallery and wall pavillion
 
"Zwinger"-palace
crown gate and drawing-room
 
"Zwinger"-palace
gallery - passage crown gate
 
"Zwinger"-palace
sculpture on crown gate
 
"Zwinger"-palace
canal and park
 
"Zwinger"-palace
baroque sculpture
 
"Zwinger"-palace
baroque sculpture
 
"Zwinger"-palace
fountain and clock pavillion
 
Taschenberg palace
(rebuilt 1994)
 
Residence castle
neo-renaissance facade ca.1900
 
Ruins (foundations)
behind the Residence castle
 
Procession of Saxon monarchs
on porcelain tiles
 
Churh of Our Lady
rebuilt in 2005
 
Restauration of
Cosel palace
 
Art academy and -union
with cuppola "lemon squeezer"
 
"New town"
original 18th century houses
 
Old car
made in (former) GDR
 
Market hall
style of "Gründerzeit"
 
Small park
colours of autumn
 
House "jugendstil"
near Wasa square
 
Palace on Elbe river
and vineculture
 
Suburb
Blasewitz
 
Castle Pilnitz
on Elbe river
 
Castle Pilnitz
Water palace
 
Castle Pilnitz
Mountain palace
 
Castle Pilnitz
and park on Elbe river
 


MEISSEN


Castle hill
and my car
 
Castle wall
 
 
View of
city on Elbe river
 
Bishop's castle
15th century
 
Albrecht´s castle
15th century
 
Interiour of cathedral
14th century
 
Diocese
from 1503
 
Diocese
coat of arms
 
Castle wall and
gate house
 
Mosaics from 1875
on the gate house
 
Castle street
and towers of Cathedral
 
Market place
in town center
 
Townhall
from 1472
 
Renaissance portal
from 1624
 
Stylish advertising
on van
 


SAKSEN - other places


Water castle Moritzburg
early 18th century baroque
 
Water castle Moritzburg
Saxon baroque colours
 
Water castle Moritzburg
 
 
Moritzburg
Fasant castle
 
Moritzburg
Fasant castle

 
Moritzburg
Lighthouse and carp-pond
 
Baroque garden Großsedlitz
Lower orangery
 
Baroque garden Großsedlitz
Lower orangery
 
Baroque garden Großsedlitz
Lower orangery
 
Baroque garden Großsedlitz
castle and upper orangery
 
Baroque garden Großsedlitz
interior of upper orangery
 
Castle Weesenstein
built about 1300 - 1900
 
Castle Weesenstein
baroque garden
 
Castle Weesenstein
 
 
Castle Weesenstein
 
 
Fortress Königstein
361 m above the Elbe
 
Fortress Königstein
Magdalene castle
 
Fortress Königstein
and village of the same name
 
Fortress Königstein
Friedrichs castle
 
Fortress Königstein
Friedrichs castle
 
Fortress Königstein
Georg castle, partly from 1250
 
Rockery Bastei
305 meters high
 
Rockery Bastei
and Elbe
 
Rockery Bastei
 
 
Große Zschirnstein
highest mountain
 
Große Zschirnstein
562 meters high
 
Große Zschirnstein
view towards Czech Republic
 

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