Dresden Castle

Dresden Castle or Royal Palace is one of the oldest buildings in , . For almost 400 years, it was the residence of the electors and kings of Saxony from the Albertine House of Wettin as well as Kings of Poland.
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  • Type: Palace
  • Description: castle in Dresden, Germany
  • Also known as: “Dresden Palace”, “Dresden Residenzschloss”, “dresdenski grad”, “Dresdner Residenzschloss”, “Residenzschloss”, “Rezidenčni grad”, “Rezidenčni grad Dresden”, “ドレスデン城”, and “ドレスデン王宮”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Green Vault and Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.

Museum
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The is a museum located in …

Museum
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The in , Germany… is situated 200 metres northwest of Dresden Castle.

Theater building
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The is the opera house of the Sächsische… is situated 260 metres northwest of Dresden Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Innere Altstadt and Wilsdruffer Vorstadt.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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The is a neighborhood in within the administrative district of Neustadt.

Dresden Castle

Latitude
51.05256° or 51° 3′ 9″ north
Longitude
13.73716° or 13° 44′ 14″ east
Elevation
121 metres (397 feet)
Open location code
9F3M3P3P+2V
Geo­Names ID
7645965
Wiki­data ID
Q167314
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Dresden Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة درسدن”
  • Arabic: “قلعة دريسدان”
  • Armenian: “Դրեզդենի ամրոց”
  • Azerbaijani: “Drezden qəsri”
  • Basque: “Dresdengo jauregia”
  • Belarusian: “Дрэздэнскі замак-рэзідэнцыя”
  • Bulgarian: “Дрезденски замък-резиденция”
  • Catalan: “castell de Dresden”
  • Catalan: “Palau Reial de Dresden”
  • Chinese: “德勒斯登王宫”
  • Chinese: “德累斯顿王宫”
  • Czech: “Drážďanský zámek”
  • Dutch: “Residenzschloss Dresden”
  • Finnish: “Dresdenin linna”
  • French: “château de la Résidence de Dresde”
  • French: “Château de la Résidence de Dresde”
  • Georgian: “დრეზდენის ციხესიმაგრე”
  • German: “Residenzschloss Dresden”
  • German: “Residenzschloß Dresden”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο της Δρέσδης”
  • Hebrew: “טירת דרזדן”
  • Hungarian: “Drezdai rezidenciális kastély”
  • Indonesian: “Dresden Castle”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Dresden”
  • Italian: “Castello di Dresda”
  • Japanese: “レジデンツ城”
  • Korean: “드레스덴성”
  • Latvian: “Drēzdenes pils”
  • Lithuanian: “Dresdeno rezidencinė pilis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Residenzschloss Dresden”
  • Persian: “قلعه درسدن”
  • Polish: “Zamek w Dreźnie”
  • Russian: “Дрезденский замок-резиденция”
  • Slovenian: “grad Dresden”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Dresden”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Dresde”
  • Swedish: “Residenzschloss Dresden”
  • Turkish: “Dresden Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Дрезденський замок-резиденція”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Dresden”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Altstadt and Wilsdruffer Vorstadt/Seevorstadt-West.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Dresden, Kupferstickabinett and Swissotel Dresden Am Schloss.

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