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Johann Building (Dessau City Palace)

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Johann Building (Dessau City Palace)

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  • Location: Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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    May 4, 2017

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    The city palace was probably built between 1529 and 1533, but the start of construction is not certain. The entire castle, which was built as a multi-wing Renaissance building, no longer stands. Today only the west wing, the so-called Johannbau, remains.
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    June 7, 2019

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    Johannbau, Residenzschloss, Stadtschloss... there is only part of the castle left because Dessau was completely bombed at the end of the war. It was built in the Middle Ages, no one knows exactly, but in 1528 Prince Johann von Anhalt built it on the remains of a previous building together with his brothers Georg and Joachim. Builder probably Bastian Binder.
    Today it is the museum of city history.
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    February 23, 2025

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    The Dessau Residence Palace was originally built in 1341 from the stones of the Waldeser Castle, also known as Waldersee Castle, which had been destroyed by the Mulde flood.[3][4] The …
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    Location: Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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