Brühl's Terrace

The stone staircase leading up to Brühl's Terrace features a pair of bronze sphinxes flanking the landing. This high promenade stretches above the Elbe River, earning its nickname as the Balcony of Europe. Count Heinrich von Brühl originally kept this elevated garden as a private retreat behind his palace in the mid eighteenth century. After the Seven Years' War, the space opened to the public, eventually becoming the site where Goethe famously described the vista as a beautiful, expansive view of the world.