Classical Weimar (World Heritage Site)
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| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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| Criteria | Cultural: iii, vi |
| Reference | 846 |
| Inscription | 1998 (22nd Session) |
Classical Weimar is a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of multiple structures related to Weimar Classicism located in and around the city of Weimar, Germany. The site was inscribed on 2 December 1998. UNESCO cites both the artistic quality of the buildings and the fact that Weimar was a cultural centre of Europe during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.[1]
Contributing buildings
- Goethe's House, the home of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, built in the Baroque style between 1707 and 1709,[1] and Schiller's House, also a Baroque-styled house, built in 1777, though incorporating a sixteenth-century outbuilding[1]
- Town church St. Peter und Paul, Herder House and Old High School, a three-aisled church, a sixteenth-century house built on the foundation of a Renaissance structure, and a Baroque high school, respectively[1]
- Schloss Weimar (Palace at Weimar), a four-winged palace in the town centre, the interior being in the Classical style[1]
- The Dowager's Palace, consisting of a group of two- and three-storey buildings in the Baroque style, the Duchess Anna Amalia Library, the main structure being a three-storey Baroque-style building, and the Princes' Tomb and Historic Cemetery[1]
- The Park on the Ilm, consisting of the Roman House, Goethe's Garden and Garden House[1]
- Schloss Belvedere, a two-storey Baroque palace with connecting and a U-shaped orangery[1]
- Schloss Tiefurt, a two-storey building built in the Baroque style, linked to a former farm building by a wooden frame[1]
- Schloss Ettersburg, a four-storey structure consisting of three wings and a courtyard[1]
- Wieland Manor, consisting of four wings and a central courtyard[1]
