Dresden - Bruhl Terrace Bruhlsche Terrasse
The Brühlsche Terrasse in Dresden, famed as the "balcony of Europe", is best approached from the Schlossplatz by a broad flight of steps. This area on the site of the old ramparts was granted to Count Heinrich von Brühl (1700-63), an intimate of Frederick Augustus II (Augustus III) and from 1733 Director of the Royal Art Collection, who in 1738 had it laid out as a pleasure garden, with a number of buildings which have not survived.
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In 1814 the terrace was opened to the public and the flight of steps at the west end was built. The sculptured groups on the staircase representing Morning, Noon, Evening and Night (by J. Schilling, 1863-68) were replaced in 1908 by bronze casts.
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College of Art
Half way along the Brühlsche Terrasse in Dresden is the College of Art, originally built (1891-94) to house the Royal Saxon Academy of Art and the Saxon Society of Arts.
Dolphin Fountain
Of the original layout of the Brühl terrace in Dresden there survive only the Dolphin Fountain (by Pierre Coudray, 1747-49) in the gardens at the east end and the wrought-iron railings surrounding it (c. 1745).
Moritz Monument
At the northeast corner of the Brühl terrace wall is the Moritz Monument (restored 1956), Dresden's oldest surviving monument, erected by Elector Augustus in memory of his brother Moritz, killed in the battle of Sievershausen in 1553.
Terrassenufer
Below the Brühlsche Terrasse in Dresden, on the banks of the Elbe, is the main landing-stage for the boats of the White Fleet (Weisse Flotte) which ply on the river.
