Gottfried Semper
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Gottfried Semper was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. In 1849 he took part in the May Upris
Semper in 1870
Monument to Gottfried Semper on Brühl's Terrace next to Albertinum
Dresden, Interior of the first Hoftheater (Semper Oper)
Gottfried Semper
May Uprising in Dresden
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The May Uprising took place in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony in 1849; it was one of the last of the series of events known as the Revolutions of 1848.
Gottfried Semper
…art critic, and professor of architecture who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. In 1849 he took part in the May Uprising in Dresden and was put on the government's wanted list. He fled first to Zürich and later to London. He returned to Germany after the 1862 amnesty granted to the…
Prussian and Saxon troops assault revolutionary barricades in the Dresden Neumarkt
Revolutionary war medal of the May Uprising in Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, 1849, obverse, showing the street fighting.
The reverse of this medal shows the names of the leaders of the provisional government Tzschirner, Heubner and Todt, and the dates of the uprising.
The provisional government in Dresden