. Romantic Germany. me of the neglectedancient marbles and the wonderful Venetian cloisterhe saw there. Beyond the southern waters the Tudor Gothicof Babelsberg Castle shows through the trees, a stylerare in these Northern lands and harmonizing withthe Flatow-Turm, which was copied from Frank-forts finest gate-tower. The first German emperorspent his last days at Babelsberg, and nowhere elsemay you have so vivid an impression of the characterof that plain, kindly, ascetic old soldier. Across the bridge and beyond the Berlin Sub-urb, the Marble Palace rises from among the treesbeside the Holy L
. Romantic Germany. me of the neglectedancient marbles and the wonderful Venetian cloisterhe saw there. Beyond the southern waters the Tudor Gothicof Babelsberg Castle shows through the trees, a stylerare in these Northern lands and harmonizing withthe Flatow-Turm, which was copied from Frank-forts finest gate-tower. The first German emperorspent his last days at Babelsberg, and nowhere elsemay you have so vivid an impression of the characterof that plain, kindly, ascetic old soldier. Across the bridge and beyond the Berlin Sub-urb, the Marble Palace rises from among the treesbeside the Holy Lake, the birthplace and home ofthe present crown prince. Seen from the oppositeshore, the building has a really monumental effect,and the classical forms are handled with unusualelegance. Gontard, the architect of the twin towersin Berlins Gendarmen-Markt, created in this palacethe sincerest example of the Wig style. Through these grounds, along the shore of theJungfern-See, a charming path leads to the Pfingst- 102. THL MARBLfc PALACE UN TUT HOL\ LAkL
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