Why did Cosima Wagner want a copy of a lamp hanging in Dresden Synagogue? Why did Nietzsche undertake the cloak-and-dagger work to get it? What did baby Siegfried think of it? Where is it now? Read on for  answers to some, (but not yet all), of these vital questions.....

  

Gottfried Semper, architect (1803-1879)

Part 1 this page

Part 2 Semper's Early Career

Part 3 Wagner and Semper

Part 4 Eternal Flame

Part 5 Some Answers

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