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Pillnitz Artificial Ruin

Pillnitz Artificial Ruin

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Pillnitz Artificial Ruin

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Location: Saxony, Germany

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Peter W. Janakiew

December 13, 2020

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From up here you have a fantastic view of Pillnitz Castle and beyond into the Elbe Valley, up to the Ore Mountains.

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jour-reveur

May 7, 2015

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The artificial ruin is located about 500 meters north of the well-known baroque Pillnitz palace complex. It was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1785 on a hill above the Friedrichsgrund. The symbol of transience can be understood as a successful and conscious addition to the castle.

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Michael

August 28, 2024

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It was built in 1785 in the neo-Gothic style on the site of an earlier, lost medieval fortification

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Elevation 190 m

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Saturday 20 June

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