Blick von den Rasenkaskaden auf den Schlossgarten mit dem Kreuzkanal und das Schloss - Looking from the Lawn Cascades to the Palace Garden with the Cruciform Canal and the Palace
Die im Barock geplanten Wasserkaskaden wurden nie verwirklicht, geblieben ist eine abgetreppte Rasenfläche auf dem Hang, gesäumt von Skulpturen aus der Werkstatt von Balthasar Permoser (Originale durch Kopien ersetzt).
The water cascades planned in the Baroque era were never realised. Instead the hill slope, already arranged step-wise for the cascade, was covered with grass. Statues made by the studio of the famous sculptor Balthasar Permoser accompany on both sides what should have been the water channel.
Schwerin is the capital of the Land (State) of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It is the oldest city of that region, having gained city rights as early as 1160. From 1385 to 1918 it was residence city of the Dukes of Mecklenburg or the rulers of partial duchies following inheritance divisions (since 1701 Dukes and since 1815 Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin).
Schwerin Palace houses the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Other parts of the impressive building are open to visitors as a museum. Situated on a island in Lake Schwerin, the Palace, as we see it now, is the result of more than 1.000 years of architectural transformations, starting with a fortified castle built about 965. In subsequent centuries it was constantly enlarged.
From 1845 to 1857 the old Palace was thoroughly transformed and rebuilt in the style of romantic Historicism, inspired visibly by the Château of Chambord in France, but preserving the Gothic chapel and parts of the older Renaissance Palace.
Blick von den Rasenkaskaden auf den Schlossgarten mit dem Kreuzkanal und das Schloss - Looking from the Lawn Cascades to the Palace Garden with the Cruciform Canal and the Palace
Die im Barock geplanten Wasserkaskaden wurden nie verwirklicht, geblieben ist eine abgetreppte Rasenfläche auf dem Hang, gesäumt von Skulpturen aus der Werkstatt von Balthasar Permoser (Originale durch Kopien ersetzt).
The water cascades planned in the Baroque era were never realised. Instead the hill slope, already arranged step-wise for the cascade, was covered with grass. Statues made by the studio of the famous sculptor Balthasar Permoser accompany on both sides what should have been the water channel.
Schwerin is the capital of the Land (State) of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It is the oldest city of that region, having gained city rights as early as 1160. From 1385 to 1918 it was residence city of the Dukes of Mecklenburg or the rulers of partial duchies following inheritance divisions (since 1701 Dukes and since 1815 Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin).
Schwerin Palace houses the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Other parts of the impressive building are open to visitors as a museum. Situated on a island in Lake Schwerin, the Palace, as we see it now, is the result of more than 1.000 years of architectural transformations, starting with a fortified castle built about 965. In subsequent centuries it was constantly enlarged.
From 1845 to 1857 the old Palace was thoroughly transformed and rebuilt in the style of romantic Historicism, inspired visibly by the Château of Chambord in France, but preserving the Gothic chapel and parts of the older Renaissance Palace.