Taschenbergpalais
Rebuilt baroque palace of a royal mistress, now a grand hotel with an original facade and staircase.
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This guide to the Taschenbergpalais in Dresden follows Anna Constantia, Countess Cosel, the royal mistress who was given this palace in the early seventeen hundreds, and the secret paper she was handed along with it. It moves from Dresden to Pillnitz, Berlin and Halle, through a court where favourites rose and fell. Best heard standing near the entrance fountains, facing the facade.
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