Dresden

P001 Higher Regional Court of Dresden (Ständehaus) with Brühl

P002 Church of the Court (Hofkirche) next to Dresden Castle, Castle Square

P003 Semper Opera House (Semperoper), famous opera house in Germany

P004 The opera house was originally built by the architect Gottfried Semper in 1841. After a devastating fire in 1869, the opera house was rebuilt, partly again by...

P005 Semper Opera House at Theater Square (Theaterplatz Square)

P006 In 1945, during the last months of World War II, the building was destroyed again, this time by the bombing of Dresden and subsequent firestorm. Exactly 40...

P007 King Johann (John) ruled Saxony from 1854-1873, statue erected in 1889

P008 A panther-drawn quadriga with Dionysos, Greek god of the art and his consort Ariadne, on top of Semper Opera House

P009 Hofkirche (Church of the Court), built between 1728 and 1755

P010 Hofkirche (Church of the Court) and Dresdner Residenzschloss (Dresden Castle)

P011 Hofkirche was built by architect Gaetano Chiaveri from 1738 to 1751.

P012 The church was badly damaged during World War II and was restored during the mid-1980s under the East German regime.

P013 Previously the most important Catholic parish church of the city, it was elevated to cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen in 1964.

P014 Next to the church is Zwinger Palace, now a museum complex that contains the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery), the Dresden Porcelain...

P015 Zwinger Palace was commissioned by Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony, constructed in stages from 1710 to 1728.

P016 The name zwinger (outer ward of a concentric castle) was for the cannons that were placed between the outer wall and the major wall and originates from its...

P017 The Zwinger includes 6 pavilions connected by large galleries, now a museum complex.

P018 Kornentor (Crown Gate) on right, Zwinger

P019 Crown gate is topped by a large crown decorated with gilded motifs.

P020 The Zwinger was mostly destroyed by the carpet bombing raids of 13–15 February 1945 and was rebuilt after the war.