Stallhof
Renaissance tournament yard with bronze ring-jousting columns and a long Tuscan-arcaded gallery.
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This guide to the Stallhof in Dresden follows Christian the First, the young Elector of Saxony who came to power in fifteen eighty-six with one consuming passion. You'll meet the Neapolitan riding master who shaped him, the stable he built for his costly Italian horses, and the ring-tilting riders who once galloped across this yard. Best heard standing beside the two tall bronze columns in the middle of the courtyard.
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