Dresden Castle
Dresden Castle or Royal Palace is one of the oldest buildings in Dresden, Germany. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Palace
- Description: castle in Dresden, Germany
- Also known as: “Dresden Palace”, “Dresden Residenzschloss”, and “Residenzschloss”
Photo: X-Weinzar, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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Photo: X-Weinzar, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Green Vault and Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister.
Green Vault
Museum
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The Green Vault is a museum located in Dresden, Germany, which contains the largest treasure collection in Europe. The museum was founded in 1723 by Augustus the Strong of Poland and Saxony, and features a variety of exhibits in styles from Baroque to Classicism.
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. Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister is situated 200 metres northwest of Dresden Castle.
Semperoper
Theater building
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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. Semperoper is situated 260 metres northwest of Dresden Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Innere Altstadt and Wilsdruffer Vorstadt.
Innere Neustadt
Suburb
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The Innere Neustadt is a neighborhood in Dresden within the administrative district of Neustadt. The name is derived from "Neue Königliche Stadt", the name given to the former district of Altendresden when it was rebuilt after a fire before 1732.
Dresden Castle
- Categories: château, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dresden, Saxon Elbland, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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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: “Dresdner Residenzschloss”
- 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”
- Italian: “Residenzschloss Dresden”
- Japanese: “ドレスデン城”
- Japanese: “ドレスデン王宮”
- 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: “dresdenski grad”
- Slovenian: “grad Dresden”
- Slovenian: “Grad Dresden”
- Slovenian: “Rezidenčni grad Dresden”
- Slovenian: “Rezidenčni grad”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Dresde”
- Swedish: “Residenzschloss Dresden”
- Turkish: “Dresden Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Дрезденський замок-резиденція”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Dresden”
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