Places to see in ( Trier - Germany ) Kurfurstliches Palais
Places to see in ( Trier - Germany ) Kurfurstliches Palais
The Electoral Palace directly next to the Basilika is considered one of the most beautiful rococo palaces in the world. Among many other facets, a princely staircase in the present seat of the District Administration (ADD) reveals the splendour of the Electors and Archbishops. In 1615, Elector Lothar von Metternich had the present north and east wings built; the west and south wings were constructed under Philipp Christoph von Soetern. The structure was finally finished by Carl Caspar von der Leyen.
The especially beautiful south wing, which can be admired from the Palace Garden, was commissioned by Archbishop Johann Philipp von Walderdorff in1756 and designed by Johannes Seiz. The sculptures were crafted by Ferdinand Tietz.
The magnificent rococo staircase in the south wing, also a creation by the artists Seiz and Tietz, is particularly worth seeing. On occasion, concerts are performed in the Grand Chamber of the rococo wing or summer open-air concerts in the courtyard.
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Tanzvorführung
Tanzvorführung von Denise und Sebastian Gouin anlässlich der Ausstellungseröffnung zum Thema Karneval in der Stadtbibliothek Palais Walderdorff in Trier
Trier, Deutschlands älteste Stadt - Sehenswürdigkeiten
Unser Rundgang durch Trier (etwa 110.000 Einwohnern, Rheinland-Pfalz) führt uns insbesondere zu den Römischen Baudenkmäler wie Kaiserthermen, Konstantinbasilika, Porta Nigra und Römerbrücke. Sie gehören seit 1986 zum UNESCO-Welterbe. Den romanische Dom und die frühgotische Liebfrauenkirche schauen wir uns genauso an wie das Kurfürstliches Palais und das Dreikönigenhaus.
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???????? Schloss Engersg castle hotel, Neuweid, Germany, 2019
Engers Castle in Neuwieder district Engers is a jewel of the Rococo. Some of Germany's best artists created it in the years 1758-1762 for the Trier Elector Johann Philipp von Walderdorff:
Johannes Seitz, a master student of Balthasar Neumann, designed the building as a Maison de Plaisance, a pleasure and hunting lodge based on the French model.
Januarius Zick created the splendid frescoes in the Hall of Diana.
Stuccoers and blacksmiths equipped the main rooms with rich rococo décor.
The Ehrenhof is still completely surrounded by a wrought-iron grille, which was later removed in most Baroque palaces. The Corps de Logis shows the typical three-wing layout with dominant middle risalit in the styles of the Würzburg Rococo, which appear to be moderately French. Behind the main portal opens the baroque main room sequence: vestibule, garden room, staircase, anteroom and ballroom. The latter is called the Hall of Diana after the magnificent ceiling fresco by Zick, which shows the hunting goddess Diana in the circle of her nymphs and faunas.
The virtuoso stucco on walls and ceiling immerse the room in a magical light of green and yellow pastel shades. The adjacent rose cabinet is a gem in the porcellaine style, while in the apartment of the Elector still stucco ceilings and some pieces of equipment have been preserved. From the garden room, a double-flighted staircase leads down to the Rhine. The Rheinfassade is the actual show side of the castle with clever staggering of the floors and magnificent wrought iron bars.
Engers survived the destruction of the French wars as the only baroque pleasure palace in the Koblenz area. In the 19th century it was first Nassauisch, then Prussian Cadet Academy. During the First World War it served as a hospital, from the twenties as an orthopedic clinic of the Joseph Society, which sold the building in 1990 to the State of Rhineland-Palatinate.
After extensive renovation and conversion for musical purposes, the castle was in 1995 the Foundation Villa Musica handed over and sold to them in 1999. Since then, the Chamber Music Foundation of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate has been the lord of the castle and also a wholly owned subsidiary of its operating company, which is responsible for the gastronomic marketing of the castle as the Hotel-Restaurant Schloss Engers.
NIGHT OF THE WHIZ - TRIER July at The TONI CLUB.
A private partygoer's video of early evening N.O.W.-Trier.
Hidden Doors and Secret Drawers: Furniture by the Roentgens
Wolfram Koeppe, the Marina Kellen French Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses the intricate furniture designs created by Abraham and David Roentgen. The father and son team created innovative designs that were combined with intriguing mechanical devices to revolutionize traditional French and English furniture types.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from October 30, 2012--January 27, 2013.
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The exhibition and catalogue are made possible by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.