Zwinger (Dresden)
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Dresden. Coordinates: 51°03′00″N 13°44′24″E. Historic city centre with main sights. Dresden ( / ˈdrɛzdən /, German: [ˈdʁeːsdn̩] ⓘ; Upper Saxon: Dräsdn; Upper Sorbian: Drježdźany, pronounced [ˈdʁʲɛʒdʒanɨ]) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig.
- Hauptallee 10, 01219 Dresden, Germany
- 0351 4456600
- See Funky Buildings in the Kunsthofpassage. Görlitzer Str. 21-25, 01099 Dresden, Germany. Get directions. Phone +49 351 8105498. Web Visit website.
- Go for Baroque in the Grand Garden. Hauptallee 10, 01219 Dresden, Germany. Get directions. Phone +49 351 4456600. Web Visit website. If you luck out on a beautiful day in Dresden, there's no better place to enjoy it than the Grand Garden.
- Marvel at the Church of Our Lady. Dresden Frauenkirche, Neumarkt, 01067 Dresden, Germany. Get directions. Dresden’s Church of Our Lady, also known as the Frauenkirche, has a moving history: In World War II, when air-raids wiped out the city center, the grand church collapsed into a 42-foot high pile of rubble.
- Act Like Royalty at Zwinger Palace. Sophienstraße, 01067 Dresden, Germany. Get directions. Phone +49 351 49142000. Web Visit website. The Zwinger Palace is one of the most excellent examples of late Baroque architecture in Germany.
- Frauenkirche
- Zwinger Palace
- Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
- Semperoper
- Dresdner Residenzschloss
- The Green Vault
- Fürstenzug
- Dresden Porcelain Collection
- Brühl’s Terrace
- Albertinum
Crested by one of Europe’s largest church domes, the majestic Frauenkirche demands your attention on Neumarkt. The original church was completed in 1743, following designs by the architect George Bähr who didn’t live to see it completed. Frauenkirche was totally destroyed in 1945. At first its rubble was left in Neumarkt as a war memorial, but it w...
One of Germany’s most lauded Baroque edifices, the Zwinger was ordered by Saxon Elector Augustus II the Strong in the late 16th century as a space for lavish court festivities. The work was completed in the early 18th century by the court architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann and the sculptor Balthasar Permoser. What began as an orangery slowly grew...
The Zwinger’s Sempergalerie houses one of the world’s outstanding collections of Italian, Spanish, Dutch and Flemish Renaissance art. The collection was started by Augustus I in the 16th century, but really took shape in 1746 during the reign of Augustus III when a big chunk of the Duke of Modena Francesco III’s collection was purchased. So prepare...
Named after its architect Gottfried Semper and opened in 1878, Dresden’s resplendent opera house is one of the world’s most respected performing arts venues. This was the second opera house at this location, after the first burned down in 1869. Semper had also designed the original one, which was completed in 1841. The marvellous Neo-Baroque/Italia...
This Renaissance palace was the residence for the Electors and then the Kings of Saxony from the 16th to the 19th century. Like the Zwinger the palace is now an ensemble of museums for the various state collections. The most exquisite of all is the Green Vault, the royal treasure chambers, which we’ll cover next. But you can also view the Dresden A...
On the first and second floors of the western section of the Dresdner Residenzschloss are the incredible treasure chambers of the Saxony Electors. The Green Vault was started by Moritz of Saxony in the 16th century and extended in the 18th century by Augusts II the Strong who turned the chambers into one of the world’s first public museums. His int...
On the east side of the Residenzschloss, come around to the facade of the Stallhof on Augustusstraße where there’s a porcelain mural 102 metres in length. This monumental artwork was initially painted in the first half of the 1870s, and this image was later replaced by porcelain tiles in the 1900s to protect it from the elements. You couldn’t ask f...
The southern halls of the Zwinger Palace are reserved for state porcelain collection, which was set up by Augustus II the Strong in 1715. You can marvel at a treasury of Chinese and Japanese porcelain acquired in the 18th century. There are pieces like Imari ware, which was produced for export in the 17th and 18th centuries, and china from the Ming...
Just north of the Frauenkirche is a regal 500-metre panoramic terrace, looking out on the Elbe from the left bank between the Augustusbrücke and the Carolabrücke. The terrace connects with the cathedral via a ceremonious stairway, and goes back to the time of Dresden’s fortifications. It got its name in the 18th century from the statesman Heinrich ...
On Brühl’s Terrace, the Renaissance Revival Albertinum was constructed in the 1880s as a home for the royal sculpture collection. Now, as well as containing the “Skulpturensammlung” the building holds the New Masters Gallery, for contemporary works purchased after 1843. The New Masters Gallery is a who’s who of European art up to the Second World W...
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2 days ago · Dresden, city, capital of Saxony Land (state), eastern Germany. Dresden is the traditional capital of Saxony and the third largest city in eastern Germany after Berlin and Leipzig. It lies in the broad basin of the Elbe River between Meissen and Pirna, 19 miles (30 km) north of the Czech border and.
