Sächsisches Ständehaus
Neo-baroque former parliament crowned by a gilded Saxonia, now home to the state high court.
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This guide to the Sächsisches Ständehaus in Dresden follows Paul Wallot, the architect of the Berlin Reichstag, from the day Kaiser Wilhelm the Second picked up a pen in his studio to the second parliament he went on to build for the Kingdom of Saxony. It touches the old palaces cleared for the site, the statues rescued from them, and a student of Wallot's who got the session hall. Best heard on the square in front of the main entrance, where you can see the gilded figure on the tower.
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