Architectural, Cultural sights in Weimar
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Goethe Haus
No other individual is as closely associated with Weimar as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who lived in this town from 1775 until his death in 1832, the last 50 years in what is now the Goethe Haus. This is where he worked, studied, researched and penned Faust and other immortal works. If you're a Goethe fan, you'll get the chills when seeing his study and the bedroom where he died, both preserved in their original state. To get the most from your visit, get the audioguide (€2).
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Schiller Haus
Dramatist and Goethe buddy Friedrich von Schiller lived in Weimar from 1799 until his early death in 1805. Unlike Goethe, however, he had to buy his own house, now the Schiller Haus. Study up on the man, his family and life in Thuringia in a new permanent exhibit before plunging on to the private quarters, including the study with his deathbed and the desk where he wrote Wilhelm Tell and other famous works.
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Schloss Tiefurt
A few kilometres east of the Hauptbahnhof, Tiefurt Park is an English-style garden that embraces Schloss Tiefurt, Anna Amalia's 'temple of the muses'. The period rooms give you an impression of the age and her intellectual round-table gatherings where Goethe, Schiller and Herder were regulars. Bus 3 from Goetheplatz goes out here.
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Goethes Gartenhaus
The sprawling Park an der Ilm (Ilm Park), just east of the Altstadt, is as inspiring and romantic now as it was when Goethe lived here from 1776 until 1782 in what is now Goethes Gartenhaus. By giving him this simple cottage, Carl August successfully induced Goethe to stay in Weimar.
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Liszt Haus
On the western edge of Ilm Park, is the Liszt Haus. The composer and pianist Franz Liszt resided in Weimar in 1848 and again from 1869 to 1886 in this house, when he wrote Hungarian Rhapsody and Faust Symphony.
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Römisches Haus
The duke's summer retreat, built under Goethe's supervision. Perched on top of an artificial bluff, Weimar's first neoclassical house now contains restored period rooms and an exhibit on Ilm Park.
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Nietzsche Archiv
Van de Velde also added an art-nouveau touch to the Nietzsche Archiv, where the philosopher spent his final years in illness.
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