Zwinger Palace Dresden, Architecture Photos, Pöppelmann Architect, Location, Picture
The Zwinger Palace Architecture
Dresden Building design by Pöppelmann, southeast Germany, western Europe
The Zwinger Palace Dresden
Dresden building – scanned photos from 1991, by architect Adrian Welch
Date: 1710-28
Architect: Pöppelmann
Zwinger Palace
The Zwinger (German: Dresdner Zwinger) is a palace in the eastern German city of Dresden, built in Baroque style and designed by court architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann. It served as the orangery, exhibition gallery and festival arena of the Dresden Court.
The location was formerly part of the Dresden fortress of which the outer wall is conserved. The name derives from the German word Zwinger (an enclosed killing ground in front of a castle or city gate). It was for the cannons that were placed between the outer wall and the major wall.
The Zwinger was not enclosed until the Neoclassical building by Gottfried Semper called the Semper Gallery was built on its northern side. The building history of the baroque Zwinger began in 1709 when, on behalf of Augustus the Strong, a semicircular fairground flanked by wooden buildings was built to the west of the palace, in the area of today’s Theaterplatz.
This impressive but weather-resistant wooden structure remained until 1714 and anticipated the function of the later Zwinger.
Work on the arch galleries, the nymph pool – and the wing of the building that later became the Mathematical-Physical Salon – began in 1711. The state architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann and the sculptor Balthasar Permoser were commissioned with this demanding project.
source: wikipedia
Location: central Dresden, west side of core on south bank of river
Location: Zwinger, Dresden, Saxony, south east Germany
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Website: Dresden, Saxony