Napoleonsturm Dessau

Prince Leopold III. Friedrich Franz had his builder Carlo Ignazio Pozzi in between 1809 and 1812 an artificial hill, which was built of fieldstone, build a tomb for himself. This classical building was initially called the Tower of the Winds in Athens as a model and was a tower of eight winds, but was popularly against the will of the prince quickly the name Napoleon storm. Until around 1860, a bust of Napoleon is said to have stood in the entrance of the tower.