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Crusades

CRUSADES

French Revolution 1789

FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

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Study and bedroom of King Frederic II of Prussia. Huge columns support the ceiling. King Friedrich II died in the armchair in this room August 17, 1786.
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Study and bedroom of King Frederic II of Prussia. Huge columns support the...

Monument for the dead of the 1813-1814 "War of Liber- ation" against Napoleon, in Berlin-Spandau. 12 lances form a cone-shaped lattice. Four shields with helmets and the names of the war-dead. A grenade atop the monu- ment in memory of the storming of Spandau fortress.
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Monument for the dead of the 1813-1814 "War of Liber- ation" against Napoleon,...

Portrait of King Friedrich II of Prussia 24.1.1712-17.8. 1786), 1753. The King wears the Order of the Black Eagle, created in 1701 by Friedrich I, the King's grandfather.
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Portrait of King Friedrich II of Prussia 24.1.1712-17.8. 1786), 1753. The...

Portrait of King Friedrich II of Prussia, 1763. The King wears the Order of the Black Eagle, created in 1701 by Friedrich I, the King's grandfather.
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Portrait of King Friedrich II of Prussia, 1763. The King wears the Order...

Charlottenhof Palace, Sanssouci Gardens. One of the two niches in the dining room. Red courtain and starry sky by Schinkel, reminiscent of his stage sets for Mozart's Magic Flute. Classicist statue of King David (1826-1829).
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Charlottenhof Palace, Sanssouci Gardens. One of the two niches in the di...

Equestrian statue of Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, the "Grosse Kurfuerst" (Great Elector), founder of Prussian absolutism (1620-1688). Around the base four prisoners. Bronze (1697)
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Equestrian statue of Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, the "Grosse Kurfuerst" (...

Murals in the Great Hall of Troja Palace, Prague, show the Imperial victory over the Turks. Back wall: Emperor Leopold I (1640-1705) in triumphal procession. Next to the fireplace: a Turkish prisoner Frescos by F. and G. Marchetti.
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Murals in the Great Hall of Troja Palace, Prague, show the Imperial victor...

Ceiling fresco in the Great Hall of Troja Palace., Prague. Emperor Leopold I's victory over the Turks during the Turkish War (1683-1699). Troja was built as a summer residence for the Counts Sternberg (1679-1685). Frescos by F. and G. Marchetti
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Ceiling fresco in the Great Hall of Troja Palace., Prague. Emperor Leopold...

Ceiling fresco and rear wall with frescos of the Great Hall of Troja Palace. Emperor Leopold I's victory over the Turks during the Turkish War. Troja was built as a summer residence for the Counts Sternberg. Frescos by F. and G. Marchetti
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Ceiling fresco and rear wall with frescos of the Great Hall of Troja Pala...

Detail from mural in the Great Hall of Troja Palace. Emperor Leopold I, after his victory over the Turks, drawn in a triumphal procession by Turkish prisoners (1679-1685). Frescos painted by F. and G. Marchetti
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Detail from mural in the Great Hall of Troja Palace. Emperor Leopold I, after...

Fallen Turkish Pasha from mural in the Great Hall of Troja Palace. Emperor Leopold I's victory over the Turks during the Turkish War (1683-1699). Troja Palace in Prague was built as a summer residence for the Counts Sternberg, 1679-1685.
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Fallen Turkish Pasha from mural in the Great Hall of Troja Palace. Emperor...

Turkish prisoner. From the mural in the Great Hall of Troja Palace. Emperor Leopold I's victory over the Turks during the Turkish War. Troja Palace was built as a summer residence for the Counts Sternberg, 1679-1685.
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Turkish prisoner. From the mural in the Great Hall of Troja Palace. Emperor...