Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
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Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann was a German master builder and architect who helped to rebuild Dresden after the fire of 1685. His most famous work is the Zwinger Palace.
Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
Pöppelmann's birth house in Herford, Westphalia
Dresden Castle
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Dresden Castle or Royal Palace is one of the oldest buildings in Dresden, Germany. For almost 400 years, it was the residence of the electors and kings of Saxony from the Albertine House of Wettin as
Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
…in Herford in Westphalia on 3 May 1662 the son of a shopkeeper. In 1680, he began working on an unpaid basis as a building designer in the court of Dresden Castle. As court architect for the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, Augustus II the Strong, he designed the grandiose Zwinger palace in Dresden. He was…
Dresden Castle in 2008
The castle in 1550
The castle in 1896
Ruins of the castle, 1980