Catch of the Week on Tour: Hannover

CotW on tour Hannover

On the garden site of the Georgen palais or Wallmoden castle, two baroque female sphinxes are guarding the entrance.  They are individually carved from sandstone, each with a different facial expression, and the one with tense claws while the other is more relaxed.

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The Palais was designed by Master Builder Johann Georg Tänzel (1755-1812) between 1780 and 1782 where now the Wilhelm Busch Museum is housed:Click here for the website


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