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Historic city centre with main sights. Dresden (/ ˈ d r ɛ z d ən /; 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.
Augustus II the Strong, an important sponsor for the arts in Dresden. Timeline of Dresden. Early history; Kingdom of Saxony – Dresden becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Saxony (1806–1918) Battle of Dresden (1813) May Uprising in Dresden (1849) Free State of Saxony – Dresden becomes the capital of the first Free State of Saxony (1918 ...
One of the two panoramas, Baroque Dresden depicts Dresden as it might have appeared in 1756, the other, Dresden 1945 shows the city after it was destroyed during World War II. The Panometer was created in 2006 by Asisi, who coined the name as a portmanteau of "panorama" and "gasometer". In 2003 he had opened a Panometer in Leipzig.
Dresden Castle or Royal Palace (German: Dresdner Residenzschloss or Dresdner Schloss) is one of the oldest buildings in Dresden, Germany.For almost 400 years, it was the residence of the electors (1547–1806) and kings (1806–1918) of Saxony from the Albertine House of Wettin as well as Kings of Poland (1697–1763).
The church around 1840. The Hofkirche stands as one of Dresden's foremost landmarks. It was designed by architect Gaetano Chiaveri from 1738 to 1751. [1] The church was commissioned by Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland while the Protestant city of Dresden built the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) between 1726 and 1743.
Upper sculpture hall, Albertinum, Dresden. The Albertinum (German pronunciation: [albɛʁˈtiːnʊm]) is a modern art museum. The sandstone-clad Renaissance Revival building is located on Brühl's Terrace in the historic center of Dresden, Germany. It is named after King Albert of Saxony.
Dresden lies in a climate zone of cold-moderate climate crossing over to a continental climate. The inner city's average monthly temperatures are almost the same as those in cities in southwest Germany; on average 10.2 °C per year. In hot summers, Dresden is between the hot Lusatia and the milder Ore Mountains.
1875 – Dresden Museum of Ethnology founded. 1876 – Fürstenzug created. 1878 – Opera house rebuilt. 1889 Albertinum built. [3] Dresden Botanical Garden created. 1891 – Dresden City Museum founded. 1893 – Blue Wonder bridge constructed. 1895 – Dresden Funicular Railway begins operating. 1897 – Dresden Central Station built. 1898