Academy of Fine Arts Dresden
Art academy and exhibition hall crowned by a pleated glass dome locals call the lemon squeezer.
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This guide to the Academy of Fine Arts on Brühl's Terrace in Dresden follows a building that was resented before it was finished, and the architect, Constantin Lipsius, who won the job without a competition. It moves from the critics of the eighteen nineties to wartime damage and the glass dome locals still tease. Stand on the terrace where you can see the dome and the figure on top.
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