Fülszöveg
THE GREEN VAULT
is the richest collection
of valuables in Europe,
It was the treasure-house
of Saxony's electors and kings.
Its name comes from a vaulted
room in Dresden Castle,
which was painted green.
The room was used as a strong-
room from the sixteenth century on.
On the order of Augustus the
Strong, Elector of Saxony
and King of Poland, walls
were broken down in the third
decade of the eighteenth century
to link it to seven others;
and the treasure-house there wqs
turnéd into a public museum,
the very first of its kind,
with Matthaus Dániel Pöppelmann,
the architect of the Zwinger,
acting as site supervisor.
Five of these famous Saxon mirror-
rooms survived the bombardment
in 1945. Together with the castle,
they are going to be restored and
house the collection again.
In 1945 the works of art of
the Green Vauit were recovered from
temporary shelters and salvaged
by a special detachment of the
Soviet Army. They were returned to
the Government...
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Fülszöveg
THE GREEN VAULT
is the richest collection
of valuables in Europe,
It was the treasure-house
of Saxony's electors and kings.
Its name comes from a vaulted
room in Dresden Castle,
which was painted green.
The room was used as a strong-
room from the sixteenth century on.
On the order of Augustus the
Strong, Elector of Saxony
and King of Poland, walls
were broken down in the third
decade of the eighteenth century
to link it to seven others;
and the treasure-house there wqs
turnéd into a public museum,
the very first of its kind,
with Matthaus Dániel Pöppelmann,
the architect of the Zwinger,
acting as site supervisor.
Five of these famous Saxon mirror-
rooms survived the bombardment
in 1945. Together with the castle,
they are going to be restored and
house the collection again.
In 1945 the works of art of
the Green Vauit were recovered from
temporary shelters and salvaged
by a special detachment of the
Soviet Army. They were returned to
the Government of the GDR in 1958.
About half the collection, along
with the display walls and the
originál Baroque furniture,
are now on view at
Albertinum in Dresden.
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