3, 2, 1... Baroque Chateau for sale

On 25th of August you can bid for Baroque Chateau Bündorf, near Merseburg, Saxony Anhalt. Starting bid is 120 000 € for several buildings and the 30 000sqm lot. The chateau etc are not in good condition and of course the Memorial Trust will have an eye on any renovations....

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Good to know French!

If you are able to speak/read/understand French, then you're lucky. Very lucky indeed, if you're also interested in everything Marie Antoinette and her family. The Hathi Trust Digital Library offers online texts by the Duchesse d'Angouleme, Marie Therese...   Here are some links (found via The Online Books Page and it's celebration of women writers): Journal of Marie Therese during the French Revolution Memoirs of Marie Therese d'Angouleme The destiny of Madame Elisabeth, sister of Louis XVI (in English) More women writers on this page and more by Marie Therese......

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Frederick the Great and his architect

You can attend a lecture on 18th century Prussian architecture and gardening at the Roncalli-House in Magdeburg. On August 16th the export on Baroque art, architecture and history, Volker A. W. Wittich, will report on the building and garden designs by Georg Wenzeslaus of Knobelsdorff, architect to King Frederick the Great of Prussia. The lecture will be held at Max-Josef-Metzger Str. 1...

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Conference on European Gothic in 18th century Anhalt

From September 13th to 15th the Dessau-Wörlitz conference on 'European Gothic in 18th century Anhalt-Dessau' will take place at the gallery of the historical inn 'Zum Eichenkranz'. Historians from Dessau, Potsdam and Berlin will attend and talk about this trend in architecture et...

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Carl Michael Bellmann

The Neues Theater Halle will be an interactive stage for 18th song writer Carl M Bellmann. His songs dealt with love, wine and joy of life in Rococo Stockholm. The audience is invited to actively take part in the play. Tickets @ TiM-Ticket 0345/20297...

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