Editing Weimar (section)

==== Castles and palaces ====
Due to its function as a ducal residence, Weimar is rich in early-modern castles and palaces. The biggest one is the ''[[Schloss Weimar|Stadtschloss]]'' at Burgplatz in the city centre. Today's four-wing building was started after a great fire in 1774. The tower and the Bastille building at its south-western edge are relics of older castles in this place.

The ''Fürstenhaus'' at Platz der Demokratie was the first parliament building in Weimar, established in the 1770s. Today it is in use by the Weimar School of Music. The ''Green Castle'' next to the Fürstenhaus was built in the 1560s in Renaissance style and hosts today the [[Duchess Anna Amalia Library]]. The ''Yellow Castle'' at Grüner Markt was built in 1703 and is the municipal library today. The neighbouring ''Red Castle'' is also part of the library and was built in the 1570s. The ''Wittumspalais'' is a smaller widow mansion near Theaterplatz, established in 1768. Outbildings of the ducal residence are the ''Husarenstall'' (1770), the later residence of [[Charlotte von Stein]] at Ackerwand street, the ''Marstall'' (1870s) at Kegelplatz, today used as Thuringian State Archive and the ''Reithaus'' (1710s) within the ''Park an der Ilm''.
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File:Weimar, castello 06.JPG|Court of the Stadtschloss
File:Weimar Fürstenhaus 2012.jpg|Fürstenhaus
File:Weimar Grünes Schloss (HAAB).jpg|Green Castle
File:Rotes Schloss in Weimar.jpg|Red Castle
File:Weimar Wittumspalais2.jpg|Wittumspalais
File:Weimar Charlotte von Stein.jpg|Husarenstall
File:Reithaus im Ilmpark.jpg|Reithaus
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Furthermore, there are some impressive ducal country residences around Weimar. They are marked by their beautiful parks and gardens. [[Schloss Belvedere, Weimar|Schloss Belvedere]], south-east of Weimar was built between 1724 and 1732 in Baroque style with an orangery near to a ducal hunting forest. North-east of Weimar, at [[Ettersburg]] lies another ducal hunting lodge next to the Ettersberg mountain and its forest, [[Schloss Ettersburg]]. It was established between 1706 and 1711 also in Baroque style. The third summer residence, [[Schloss Tiefurt]], is located in [[Tiefurt]], north-east of Weimar. The small lodge in a wide park in Ilm valley was rebuilt in 1775 in late-Baroque forms.
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File:Belvedere weimar1.jpg|Schloss Belvedere, main building
File:Beethovenhaus & Bachhaus des Schloss Belvedere (Weimar).jpg|Schloss Belvedere, side buildings
File:Schloss Ettersburg.JPG|Schloss Ettersburg
File:Schloss Tiefurt.JPG|Schloss Tiefurt
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