© JeanNeef · CC BY-SA 3.0musée GrassiLeipzigThe Grassi Museum stands in Leipzig as a complex of three museums housed in a single building. The site includes the Ethnography Museum, the Musical Instruments Museum, and the Applied Arts Museum. The older section, now a library, was built between 1892 and 1895 on the former Königsplatz. The newer building,… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Appaloosa · CC BY-SA 3.0Maison SchillerLeipzigThe Schillerhaus stands in Leipzig’s Gohlis district as a small farmhouse built in 1717. It is the oldest preserved farmhouse in the city and now serves as a memorial to Friedrich Schiller. The poet lived on its upper floor during the summer of 1785, working on parts of Don Carlos and writing the first version of An… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
Panomètre de LeipzigLeipzigThe Leipzig Panometer stands in Connewitz, a district of Leipzig, inside a former gas holder built in 1909. The building was used to store gas until 1977, when it was abandoned. In 2003 the Austrian artist Yadegar Asisi turned it into a circular panorama space by adding a glass foyer and a raised viewing platform. The… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© User:Zarafa · CC BY-SA 3.0statue de Jean-Sébastien BachLeipzigA bronze statue of Johann Sebastian Bach stands near the south wall of St Thomas Church in Leipzig. The composer is shown in front of an organ, holding a musical score in his right hand. His left hand reaches toward the organ keys. The organ itself has Jugendstil decorations while the pedestal below is in baroque… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Geisler Martin · CC BY-SA 3.0Bach-Museum LeipzigZentrumThe Leipzig Bach Museum stands in St. Thomas Church Square, beside the Baroque Bosehaus where the Bach Archive is housed. The museum traces the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach, linking his story to the very building where he once worked. The Bosehaus itself dates from the 17th century and was home to families… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Geisler Martin · CC BY-SA 3.0Richard-Wagner-DenkmalLeipzigThe Richard Wagner Memorial stands in Leipzig’s city centre, on the north-west edge of the Promenadenring green belt at Goerdelerring. It occupies a rebuilt staircase that once linked Fleischerplatz to Matthäi-Kirchhof, now framed by modern office buildings. The memorial was completed in 2013 for Wagner’s 200th… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Photo: Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0Schumann-HausLeipzigThe Schumann House stands in Leipzig, a Neoclassical building constructed in 1838 by Friedrich August Schiedel. Robert and Clara Schumann moved into the first-floor apartment after their marriage in 1840 and lived there until 1844. During these years the couple welcomed guests such as Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Florian Koppe · CC BY-SA 3.0Buste de Richard WagnerLeipzigThe Richard Wagner bust stands in Leipzig, on the eastern slope of the Schwanenteich behind the opera house. It looks west across the water, set on a quiet stretch of the Promenadenring. The bronze figure is larger than life, dark and patinated, mounted on a simple sandstone base. The base carries the names Richard… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© Appaloosa · CC BY-SA 3.0Musée des arts appliqués Grassi de LeipzigLeipzigThe Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst stands in Leipzig, Saxony, within the Grassi Museum complex on Johannisplatz. It shares the large building with the Museum of Ethnography and the Museum of Musical Instruments. Founded in 1874, it moved to its present site in 1926. The museum houses around 90,000 decorative art… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
© © Foto H.-P.Haack · CC BY-SA 3.0PleissembourgLeipzigThe Pleissenburg was a castle in Leipzig, Saxony, built in the 13th century by Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen. It stood beside the Pleisse Mill Race, a water channel that gave the building its name. The castle was later rebuilt as a triangular fortress in the 16th century under Maurice, Elector of Saxony, and… lire la suiteVoir le lieu
