Dresden
Dresden is the capital of Saxony. It's often referred to locally as Elbflorenz, or "Florence on the Elbe", reflecting its location on the Elbe river and its historical role as a centre for the arts and beautiful architecture - much like Florence in Italy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Semperoper and Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.
Semperoper
Theater building
Photo: Avda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Semperoper is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden. It is also home to the Semperoper Ballett.
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
Museum
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The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, Germany, displays around 750 paintings from the 15th to the 18th centuries. It includes major Italian Renaissance works as well as Dutch and Flemish paintings.
Zwinger
Park
Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Zwinger is a palatial complex with gardens in Dresden, Germany. Designed by architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, it is one of the most important buildings of the Baroque period in Germany.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Radebeul and Freital.
Radebeul
Photo: X-Weinzar, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Radebeul is a historic wine-growing town and residential suburb between Dresden and Meissen in Saxony, Germany. It is essentially an affluent garden suburb of Dresden, but not officially within city limits.
Freital
Photo: Ubahnverleih, CC0.
Freital is a town in the Elbe Valley region of Saxony. One of the major centers of coal-mining, Freital preserves late 19th-century buildings and some technical landmarks, including the historical narrow-gauge railway Weißeritztalbahn.
Blasewitz
Suburb
Photo: Brücke-Osteuropa, CC0.
Blasewitz is a larger borough of Dresden, Germany in the city's eastern centre on the Elbe river. It consists of seven quarters : Blasewitz is connected to the borough of Loschwitz north of the river Elbe by the Blue Wonder bridge, Johannstadt to the west, Striesen to the south, and Tolkewitz to the east.
Dresden
- Type: Locality with 565,000 residents
- Also known as: “14612000”
- Location: Dresden, Saxon Elbland, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.05° or 51° 3′ northLongitude
13.75° or 13° 45′ eastPopulation
565,000Elevation
118 metres (387 feet)Open location code
9F3M3Q22+22GeoNames ID
6551127
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Dresden” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دريسدن”
- Arabic: “مدينة دريسدن”
- French: “Dresde”
- German: “Dresden”
- German: “Stadt Dresden”
- Urdu: “ڈریسڈن”
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