Moritzburg Castle was built in the year 1547 as a hunting palace and summer retreat by Moritz, Duke of Saxony. Later, from 1723 - 33, August the Strong arranged the strucural alterations to a baroque palace. The pheasant preserve was created in 1728, in 1770 completed with the so-called «Fasanenschlösschen ». Moritzburg Castle attracts and fascinates annually approximately one million visitors. However, an inappropriate – and overuse, disturbances of the water supply and aggressive air pollutants led to the continuous decay of the valuable area. The Administration of Moritzburg Castle and the Palaces, Castles & Gardens of Saxony increasingly engage themselves in jointly protecting the entire Moritzburg area.
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