The most visited place in the fabulous city of Dresden and one of its main tourist attractions is the picturesque embankment of the Elbe River.

The architectural ensemble on the embankment even has its name "Bruhl's Terrace". It starts from the Augustus Bridge and ends at the Carola Bridge. Almost half a kilometer long, the architectural ensemble of the embankment was built in the middle of the 18th century by the German architect Johann Christoph Knoffel.

The Royal Palace with a park, a gallery, and a library, as well as several belvederes, replaced the former defensive structures by order of Count Heinrich von Bruhl, hence the name of the terrace. Magnificent monuments in the Baroque and Rococo style against the background of river landscapes were so favored by the court that soon the count's embankment became a popular walking place for the Saxon king himself and his court nobility.

Later, during the Napoleonic Wars, the palace of Count Bruhl hosted Emperor Alexander I of Russia and Prince Repnin-Volkonsky. The letter made the elite embankment open to the general public. At this time, Bruhl's Terrace was adorned with a magnificent stone staircase. Unfortunately, most of the buildings have not survived to this day. All the present-day attractions appeared in the 19th century.

Nowadays, Bruhl's Terrace is decorated with the very same staircase with allegorical sculptures representing the time of day, created by the sculptor Johannes Schilling. The sculptural composition of a maiden with a crescent on her forehead and the god of dreams Morpheus is a symbol of the night, a male figure with a star on his forehead and lovely girls of dance and music symbolize the evening. These compositions are installed on the lower tier of the staircase. The allegory of the morning rises on the upper one: the figures of a woman with a star and two little girls, the awakening and the morning dew. The day is represented by a sculpture of a young man and figures of two little boys, symbolizing work and aspiration.