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• Palais Minckwitz

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  Aristocratic town house from the mid-18th century.

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• St Mary's Church

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  Marienkirche

  The city's main church, built 1506–1523 in a Gothic style. A statue of Prince Leopold I of Anhalt ("the Old Dessauer"; 1676–1747), Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) of Prussia, stands in front of the church.

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Garden realm

• Mausoleum

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  Burial place of the Dukes of Anhalt, built 1894–1898 in a Neoclassical and Renaissance Revival style. The dome is 43 metres high. The park surrounding the mausoleum is used as Dessau's zoo.

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Bauhaus sites

• Bauhaus Museum Dessau

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  One of the world's largest collections of Bauhaus design and architecture.

  Hours

  Tue–Sun 10:00–17:00 (Mar–Oct until 18:00)

  Price

  €9.00 (regular), €6.00 (reduced)

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• Anhaltisches Theater

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  Given that Anhalt was once a separate state, its capital of course has its own theatre, staging dramas, operas, musicals, concerts of the philharmonic orchestra and puppet theatre. It has one of the largest revolving stages in Germany and accommodates an audience of 1100. The building, completed in 1938, is an impressive example of Nazi-era stripped classicism.

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Garden realm

• Georgium

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  The Georgium park, part of the world cultural heritage, is a landscape park with baroque and English elements of late 18th century, which stretches almost from the station north up to the Elbe river. There is unlimited access to the park (beware of boars in the nighttime though). Georgium palace houses a painting gallery (Tu-Su 10:00-17:00, €3).

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