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Augustussttrasse / Neumarkt
(Johanneum)

August der Starke

Augustus II the Strong

Kurfürst Frederick Augustus I or Augustus II the Strong
Dresden 1670 - Warszawa 1733
King of Poland (1697-1733) and Elector of Saxony (1694-1733)
(Wikipedia)

1730

Description

On the Augustusstraße side of the Johanneum, is this portrait of Augustus the Strong below a statue of Elector Christian I in a niche and a relief portrait of Johann Friedrich Böttger.

Information Sign

relief august der starke 1730
vom palais wackerbarth

Locatie (N 51°3'7" - E 13°44'23") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn024; Photograph: 21 January 2011
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