Kunstgewerbemuseum Schloss Pillnitz
Twin chinoiserie riverside palaces housing a decorative arts collection of furniture, ceramics and more.
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This guide to the Kunstgewerbemuseum at Schloss Pillnitz in Dresden follows Anna Constantia von Brockdorff, the Countess of Cosel, who in the early seventeen-hundreds was given this Elbe estate by Augustus the Strong. It touches on a rumoured secret promise, a court that turned against her, and a flight to Berlin. Stand facing the twin palaces, with the river and its old gondola stairs at your back.
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