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New Splendor Within Old Walls NEW SPLENDOR IN OLD WALLS 2 STATELY HOMES AND MANSIONS IN SAXONY > How the nobility left their mark 4 Albrechtsburg Castle: The cradle of Saxony 6 GARDENS AND PARKS IN SAXONY Colditz Castle: Great escapes 7 36 Nature and art in harmony Delitzsch Castle: Family feud 8 Hartenfels Castle: Spirit of reform 9 38 Bad Elster Spa Park: The valley of the kings Klaffenbach Castle: Love at first sight 10 39 Fiirst Piickler Park: Artificial nature Klippenstein Castle: Hunter's happiness 11 Grand Garden of Dresden: The green heart of Dresden Lauenstein Castle: In the valley of the falcons 12 41 Gross-Sedlitz Baroque Garden: Lichtenstein Palace: The whole world in wood 13 An unfinished symphony Moritzburg Castle and Pheasant Castle: Treasure island 14 42 Pillnitz Castle and Park: Exotic beauty Nossen Castle: Law and order 15 Rammenau Castle: Caught between styles 16 Rochlitz Castle: Symbols of power 17 MONASTERIES IN SAXONY Schleinitz Castle: From combat to comfort 18 43 The triumphant march of knowledge Schlettau Castle: A family attraction 19 Schonfeld Castle (Dresden): A place full of magic 20 44 Altzella Monastery Park: Ruins of the Romanticists Schonfeld Castle (Schonfeld): Unity in diversity 21 45 Buch Monastery: A new chapter Schwarzenberg Castle: The short dream of freedom 22 Wackerbarth Castle: A bubbly pleasure 23 Weesenstein Castle: The benefit of change 24 ACCOMMODATION IN SAXONY Zuschendorf Castle: A home for camellias 25 46 A tradition of excellence Zwinger | Stableyard | Briihl's Terrace | 26 Dresden Fortress: The pinnacle of pomp 48 Althornitz Casde Hotel: Hospitality is no witchcraft 49 Dresden-Pillnitz Castle Hotel: Living like a king 50 Hohnstein Castle: Where nature has friends 51 Weissig Bats' Castle: Acrobats of the air MEDIEVAL CASTLES IN SAXONY 52 Wolfsbrunn Castle Hotel: A land behind fortifications 28 Under the signs of the zodiac Gnandstein Castle: A picture-book castle 30 Konigstein Fortress: View from the top 31 THEME ROUTES Kriebstein Castle: A medieval treasure 32 53 Four ways to Saxon history Mildenstein Castle: Emperor's glory 33 Stolpen Castle: The fateful years of a mistress 34 54 The valley of the medieval castles Wildeck Casde: The great Dane 35 56 Palaces of the old and new rich 58 Between nature and culture 60 Foreign rule and tolerance 62 MAP OF SAXONY 64 IMPRINT.
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