This magnificent and superbly designed Baroque estate was Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann's masterpiece, commissioned by Augustus the Strong.
I entered this sanctum, and my sense of amazement transcended every conception that I had ever previously had." This is how Goethe described his impression of Dresden's Zwinger, a unique courtly baroque masterpiece. Romantic: an evening at the Zwingerhof with a concert or ballet.





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