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Schinkel,Karl Friedrich

SCHINKEL,KARL FRIEDRICH

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Nuernberg castle: Living room used by Emperor Friedrich III (1415-1493), with huge double-headed imperial eagle covering the entire ceiling.
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Nuernberg castle: Living room used by Emperor Friedrich III (1415-1493...

Great Hall of the palace of the wealthy Fugger- family in Kirchheim an der Mindel, Bavaria. The hall is 30 m long, 12 m wide and 10 m high; the ceiling is carved of cedar wood from Lebanon, wood which is iimmune to vermin and insects. 1578-1585
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Great Hall of the palace of the wealthy Fugger- family in Kirchheim an der Mind...

Cedar-wood ceiling in Fugger-Castle, Kirchheim an der Mindel,Germany. The ceiling is 30 x 10 m large, the woodcarving 2 m deep. Carved by Wendel Dietrich, master carpenter in Augsburg. Cedar wood was chosen because it repels insects. 1578-1585
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Cedar-wood ceiling in Fugger-Castle, Kirchheim an der Mindel,Germany. The ceili...

Mauritshuis, The Hague, rear facade. A first example of Dutch classicism, built for Johan Maurits van Nassau, a successful general and afterwards governor of the Dutch colony in Brazil. 1633
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Mauritshuis, The Hague, rear facade. A first example of Dutch...

Herberstein castle,Herberstein, Styria. "Florentinerhof"-Florentine courtyard, 1680, latest addition to a gothic castle begun 1230.
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Herberstein castle,Herberstein, Styria. "Florentinerhof"-Florent...

Statue of Roland in the center of Bremen market square, in front of the townhall. "Roland" holds the sword of justice, on his shield the Imperial Eagle. H: 10 m 1400
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Statue of Roland in the center of Bremen market square, in front of the townhal...

Townhall of Bremen, a gothic core with a Renaissance facade of the 17th.
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Townhall of Bremen, a gothic core with a Renaissance facade of the 17th.

Spiral staircase leading to the great hall of the Bremen townhall. A nude lady and a Bremen burgher flank the staircase in ornate woodcarvings, 1620
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Spiral staircase leading to the great hall of the Bremen townhall....

Spiral staircase leading to the great hall of the Bremen townhall. A burgher of Bremen and a mascaron in the ornate woodcarvings of 1620
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Spiral staircase leading to the great hall of the Bremen townhall....

Spiral staircase leading up to the great hall of the Bremen townhall. A lady reading, ornate woodcarvings flanking the stairs. 1620
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Spiral staircase leading up to the great hall of the Bremen townhall....

Spiral staircase leading up to the great hall of the Bremen townhall. A sphinx among the ornate woodcarvings which flank the staircase. 1620
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Spiral staircase leading up to the great hall of the Bremen townhall....

Gothic bridge-tower, gateway to Charles-bridge (Karluv most).On top the Bohemian saints Adalbert and Prokop, below Saint Vitus and (seated) Kings Karl IV and Wenzel IV.
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Gothic bridge-tower, gateway to Charles-bridge (Karluv most).On top the...