Green Gate (Dresden)
The Green Gate in Dresden was built in 1693 by order of Johann Georg III. Erected as a memorial to the Turkish wars based on a design by Wolf Caspar von Klengel . The portal of the Dresden Residenzschloss is the only verifiable sculptural work by Markus Conrad Dietzes to date .
description
It is located under the Hausmannsturm on the Elbe side of the castle. The gate has a round arch with a large keystone showing the spa coat of arms in a cartouche . The round arch is flanked by two widely spaced double pilasters . A half-column of the Tuscan order is presented to them . The four pilasters with a half-column in front support an architrave . On this there is a cornice with an attic as a parapet for the balcony above. A door flanked by trophy decorations on either side leads to this balcony . The balcony door shows richly decorated jewelry on both sides with hangers as door frames. Above the door there is a segmented gable as a door canopy , decorated with a Saxon coat of arms and two putti .
literature
- Fritz Löffler : The old Dresden - history of its buildings . EASeemann, Leipzig 1981, ISBN 3-363-00007-3 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Löffler, p. 89, image no. 109 (The Green Gate of the Castle), p. 77f
- ↑ Eberhard Hempel : Unknown sketches by Wolf Caspar von Klengel . Berlin: Akademie-Verlag 1958. p. 15.
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 11 " N , 13 ° 44 ′ 13.5" E