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Dresden
Stadt Dresden Sachsen Schloßplatz |
Friedrich August I. der GerechteFrederick Augustus I of SaxonyDresden 1750 - Dresden 1827elector (1763-1806) and then king of Saxony, in 1791 designated king of Poland (Wikipedia) |
Ernst Rietschel & Gottfried Semper
Kunstgießerei Lauchhammer 1828-35 |
FRIEDRICH AUGUST DEM GERECHTEN DAS DANKBARE VATERLAND. |
DENN EWIGLICH WIRD ER NICHT WANKEN DER NACHRUHM DES GERECHTEN BLEIBET EWIG. |
ZUM ANDENKEN AN DIE SEGNUNGEN EINER LVIII JÆHRIGEN REGIERUNG. |
WOHL DEM MANNE DER DEN EWIGEN FUERCHTET DER GROSSE LUST HAT AN DES HERRN GEBOT. |
The monument was unveiled in 1843 in the Zwinger in Dresden, and since 1929 near the Japanische Palais. In 2008 the statue was placed on the present location.
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