The Gardens Of Count
Marcolini Afford Also A Pleasant Promenade; But By Far The Most Agreeable
Walk, In My Opinion, Is On The Zwinger, A Sort Of Terrace On The Left
Bank Of The Elbe In The Old Town, Adjoining The Palace And Gardens Of Count
Bruhl.
From this place you have a noble view of a long reach of the Elbe.
It is besides the favorite promenade of the ladies.
On the Zwinger too is
a building containing a fine collection of paintings. Here are cafes
likewise and a restaurant. The evening promenades are in the gardens of
the Linkischer Bad (Bath of Link) on the banks of the Elbe, where there
is a summer theatre. This is the favourite resort of the bourgeoisie on
Sundays and jours de fete; gouters and supper parties are formed here and
very good music is heard. The Elbe bridge is of beautiful structure, and
there is a good regulation with respect to those who pass over this bridge;
which is that one side of the bridge is reserved for those going from the
new to the old town, and the other side for those going from the old to the
new town, and if you attempt to go on the wrong side you are stopped by a
sentry, so that there is no jostling nor lounging on this bridge. An arch
of this bridge was blown up by Marshal Davoust in order to arrest the
progress of the Russians, and a great deal of management was necessary to
effectuate it, for the worthy Saxons have a great veneration for this
bridge, and in order to inforce the execution of this resolution on the
part of the Marshal, the personal order of the King and the employment of
Saxon troops were necessary.
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