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Belvedere Castle and Park. Perched upon a hill to the south of Weimar in the middle of a spacious park with an orangery, pleasure garden and labyrinth lies Belvedere Castle, the former Baroque summer residence of the ducal family of Saxony-Weimar and Eisenach.
Because of its testimony to the cultural influence of Weimar during the height of Weimar Classicism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the Schloss Belvedere was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1998 as part of the Classical Weimar site.
About. Perched upon a hill to the south of Weimar in the middle of a spacious park with an orangery, pleasure garden and labyrinth lies Belvedere Castle, the former Baroque summer residence of the ducal family of Saxony-Weimar and Eisenach. Since 1923 the castle has been used as a museum of the arts and crafts dating back to the 18th century ...
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Schloss Belvedere. Set amid Belvedere Park's lovely 43 hectares, this early-18th-century palace was once the hunting lodge of Duke Ernst August of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Outside, the formal gardens and orangery have been carefully restored; inside there's an 18th-century craft museum displaying glass, porcelain, faience and furniture in ...
Mar 21, 2014 · Schloss Belvedere. Schloss Belvedere is located on a hill in the southern outskirts of Weimar and is surrounded by 43 hectares of parkland. Built according to plans of Johann Adolph Richter and Gottfried Heinrich Krohne between 1724 and 1744 for Duke Ernst-August I of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the palace is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site ...
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UNESCO World Heritage Site in Weimar, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Baroque palace Schloss Belvedere on the outskirts of Weimar, is a pleasure-house ( Lustschloss) built for house-parties, built in 1724–1732 to designs of Johann August Richter and Gottfried Heinrich Krohne for Ernst August, Duke of Saxe-Weimar.
Sep 13, 2018 · Book your tickets online for Schloss Belvedere, Weimar: See 226 reviews, articles, and 197 photos of Schloss Belvedere, ranked No.8 on Tripadvisor among 106 attractions in Weimar.
