Sächsisches Finanzministerium
The Finanzministerialgebäude at the Carolaplatz was built at the end of the 19th century as the Royal Saxon Finance Ministry on the Neustadt bank of the Elbe, is dated by the state heritage register to 1890–1896, and was reconstructed in 1993–1995.
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What it is
The central portico and pediment. Photographed on 18 September 2015.
The Königlich Sächsische Finanzministerium, the Royal Saxon Finance Ministry, was built at the end of the 19th century on the Neustadt side of the Elbe.
The register describes a three-storey block building on a high base storey, with three inner courtyards. It says the plan follows a baroque scheme but the forms are in the manner of the Neo-Renaissance (Dresden school). On the Elbe side the central wing is marked out by a dome-shaped roof, a triangular gable with a tile painting and a colossal order of columns.
History
The building and the steps below it, seen from the river meadow. Photographed on 10 May 2008.
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The register dates the ministry building to 1890–1896.
After the political change of 1990, architects were given the task of returning the ministry building to its original appearance and at the same time fitting it out for two administrative units, the finance and culture ministries. The Saxon culture ministry’s own page speaks of the reconstruction from 1993 to 1995.
It stands on the same bank as the Sächsische Staatskanzlei; see the Königsufer page.