Classical Weimar (World Heritage Site)

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]
• City Church, 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]
• City Castle, a four–winged building, 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]
• Belvedere Castle, a two–storey Baroque castle with connecting and a U–shaped orangery^[1]
• Tiefurt Castle, a two–storey building built in the Baroque style, linked to a former farm building by a wooden frame^[1]
• Ettersburg Castle, a four–storey structure consisting of three wings and a courtyard^[1]
• Wieland Manor, consisting of four wings and a central courtyard^[1]

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