Wiegand square |
With the monument of the first German translator of Shakespeare |
Shakespeare's statue (allegedly the only full figure statue of him) is in the park |
The ginkgo biloba tree, which is behind |
the house of Charlottte Stein, the friend of Goethe |
The Frauenplan (one of the main squares of the city, where Goethe's city house stands) |
The "Elephant" hotel |
City hall is also on Market Square |
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As well as the house where the Cranach family lived |
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Several old transport vehicles can be seen (and used) in the city |
Among them horse carts |
Which also stand in front of the Goethe-house |
The city palace, in front of it the old prison |
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But the city also has some modern buildings |
The "Russicher Hof" has both modern and old |
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The National Theatre with the Goethe-Schiller monument and the Bauhaus Museum are on Theatre Square |
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The Bauhaus |
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The building where the Bauhaus started in Weimar |
The nazis had already other problems when they wanted to destroy it |
So it can be seen also today and houses a part of the Bauhaus University |
The predecessor was directed by Van der Velde, the Belgian Art nouveau architect, whose house was also preserved |
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The staircase is one of the finest parts inside |
On the bottom there stood a statue, "Eva" from Rodin |
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The statue was
vandalised and the students collected money for its restoration and placed a small copy under the poster announcing their intention. |
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Traditional door |
View to the opposite, modern, building |
Another statue - the face of the lady is repeated on the bottom right |
In the Bauhaus Museum |
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A model of a plan from a Hungarian pupil, Farkas Molnar, who became a famous architect |
A cradle |
Children's toys |
And the one real house built and
remained in Weimar from the Bauhaus,
the house on the Horn
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The villas |
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The "Park school" |
The Goethe secondary school |
The Gym hall |
In the brewery "Felsenkeller" |
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The park, the Belvedere and the house of Schiller |