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Kurländer Palais

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The Kurländer Palais in Dresden, a historic residence, was once considered the last war ruin of the Old Town. After reconstruction, it presents itself as a building in a rational-elegant Rococo style.

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The current Kurländer Palais was built between 1728 and 1729 as a replacement for a building that had previously burned down. The patron was Count August Christoph von Wackerbarth, the General Building Intendant, who commissioned the architect Johann Christoph Knöffel to erect it. After Wackerbarth's death, the Palais passed through several hands, including Count Friedrich August Rutowski, who founded the first Dresden Masonic lodge here in 1738. It received its name in 1773 when Prince Karl of Saxony, the former Duke of Courland, became its owner.

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Source: Wikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image: http://schloesserrundschau.de/sachsen/schloesser/kurland.html

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