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The Bauhaus movement, influential in design and architecture, was founded in which German city?
Answer
Weimar
The Bauhaus was founded in Weimar, Germany in 1919 by Walter Gropius. It later moved to Dessau and Berlin before the Nazi regime closed it.
💡 Did you know?
Bauhaus means 'house of building' in German and merged fine art with craftsmanship and industrial design.
Other options people guess
- Berlin
- Munich
- Frankfurt
Topics
- Bauhaus
- design
- architecture
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