Castle portal in Schlossgasse
The palace portal in Schlossgasse in Dresden is a portal at the Dresden Residence . The portal is located on today's Schloßstraße .
description
Under Elector Christian I , a new entrance to the palace was created on Elbgasse. The Mannerist building sculpture was attached to the portal built by Paul Buchner in 1589 by Andreas Walther III . The two-storey portal porch shows a strong rustication , with two Doric half-columns flanking the gate on both sides. The four columns carry an architrave adorned with triglyphs and lion heads in the metopes . The gate shows a pelican in the keystone of the archway . Four statues resting on pedestals were placed on the architrave . These represented faith , generosity , strength and gratitude . A dome structure was built on the porch of the portal , which rested on eight Doric half-columns. The dome structure was crowned by the Justitia . In 1753 the statues on the architrave and the dome structure with the Justitia were removed.
Keystone at the gate with pelican
According to iconography, the pelican feeds its young with its own blood from its own breast.
The pelican still without wings
The pelican with "new" wings, from October 2015
literature
- Fritz Löffler : The old Dresden - history of its buildings . EASeemann, Leipzig 1981, ISBN 3-363-00007-3 .
- Walter Fellmann: Du-Mont art travel guide . Saxony. Du-Mont Buchverlag, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7701-2759-5 , Dresden, Das Schloß der Wettiner, p. 93 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Löffler, p. 38 image no. 39 [The portal of the Residenzschloss in Schloßgasse, entrance to the Kleiner Schloßhof], p. 42
- ↑ Lars Kühl: The wings of the castle pelican. In: sächsische.de. October 28, 2015, accessed November 27, 2018 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 3 ′ 8.3 " N , 13 ° 44 ′ 15.1" E