Brühl’s Augustusburg Palace: A Brilliant Example of German Rococo

Just a short train ride south from Cologne, the Brühl train stop sits right across the street from one of the most illuminating examples of Rococo.
Brühl’s Augustusburg Palace: A Brilliant Example of German Rococo
Augustusburg Palace. Horst Gummersbach/UNESCO World Heritage Site Palaces Augustusburg and Falkenlust, Brühl
Catherine Yang
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BRÜHL, Germany—Just a short train ride south from Cologne, the Brühl train stop sits right across the street from one of the most illuminating examples of Rococo.

Constructed from 1725 to 1768, the Augustusburg Palace in West Germany is considered a “living witness of the Rococo,” where one can walk through the rooms and see the evolution from late-Baroque into Rococo bloom right before your eyes on the walls and ceilings.

Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang
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Catherine Yang is a reporter for The Epoch Times based in New York.
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