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created for the most part in the 19th century in what was then the capital of the grand duchy of mecklenburg-schwerin in northeast germany, the property comprises 38 elements, including the grand duke’s residence palace and manor houses, cultural and sacred buildings, and the pfaffenteich ornamental lake. but it also fulfils all the functions required of a ducal capital in terms of administration, defence, service infrastructure, transportation, prestige and cultural activities, with parks, canals, ponds and lakes, and public spaces. the buildings form an exceptional architectural ensemble that reflects the historicist spirit of the time, ranging from neo-renaissance to neo-baroque and neo-classical, with influences from the italian renaissance. |
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