WORLD HERITAGE: The Garden Kingdom

THE GARTENREICH DESSAU-WÖRLITZ

Beautiful castles and dreamlike parks from the 18th century

The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz, located in Saxony-Anhalt in the Middle Elbe Region, is an exceptional example of landscape design and planning from the Age of the Enlightenment in the 18th century. Its diverse components – the outstanding buildings, English-style landscaped parks and gardens, and subtly modified expanses of agricultural land – served aesthetic, educational, and economic purposes in an exemplary manner.

Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz

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