Moritzburg has a room filled with original and artificial feather artwork called “Feather Room”. This room has thousands and thousands of multi-coloured feathers of pheasants, peacocks and other birds.
The Moritzburg castle was built in 1542 by Duke Maurice of Saxon. Originally, it was designed in the vein of the renaissance style and was used as a royal lodge for hunting by the Dukes, as well as their electors.
In the second half of the 18th century, Elector Frederick Augustus III decided to reconstruct the peasantry that was destroyed during World War.
Camillo Court Ferretti, minister and elector’s friend, constructed the Little Pheasant Castle in its place. From the years 1770-76, the building was further extended to add the residency of minister Camillo, along with a fountain, 2 artificial islands, and a small lighthouse with a berth at Bernsdorf.