Look at those details: figures, patterns, coats of arms covered in a mysterious turquise patina.
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Those details are amazing and hard to believe that they belong to actual canons! Canons that guarded the impregnable Königstein Fortress in Saxony. It was erected on a table mountain and watches over an elegant curve of the river elbe below. Each of the canons seems to have an individual design.
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The map below shows the position of the fortress within the elbe valley. It is a huge and impressive sight and contains many historical exhibition in its various buildings.