Zwinger

The Zwinger is a palatial complex with gardens in , . Designed by architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, it is one of the most important buildings of the Baroque period in Germany.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: palace in Dresden, eastern Germany
  • Also known as: “Zwingergarten”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister and Semperoper.

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The in , 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. is situated 140 metres east of Zwinger.

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The is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden. It is also home to the Ballett. is situated 210 metres northeast of Zwinger.

Museum
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The in , , is a museum of historic clocks and scientific instruments. Its holdings include terrestrial and celestial globes, astronomical, optical and geodetic devices dating back to the 16th century, as well as historic instruments for calculating and drawing length, mass, temperature and air pressure.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Innere Altstadt and Wilsdruffer Vorstadt.

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is a suburb.

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is a suburb.

Suburb
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The is a neighborhood in 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.

Zwinger

Latitude
51.05356° or 51° 3′ 13″ north
Longitude
13.73257° or 13° 43′ 57″ east
Open location code
9F3M3P3M+C2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 242422333
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q155107
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Upper Sorbian—“Zwinger” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تسفينغر”
  • Armenian: “Ցվինգեր”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zvinger”
  • Basque: “Zwinger”
  • Belarusian: “Цвінгер”
  • Bulgarian: “Дрезденска картинна галерия”
  • Bulgarian: “Цвингер”
  • Catalan: “Zwinger”
  • Chinese: “茨温格宫”
  • Chinese: “茨溫格宮”
  • Chinese: “茲溫格宮”
  • Croatian: “Zwinger”
  • Czech: “Drážďanská galerie”
  • Czech: “Zwinger”
  • Dutch: “Zwinger”
  • Esperanto: “Zwinger”
  • Estonian: “Zwinger (Dresden)”
  • Estonian: “Zwinger”
  • Finnish: “Zwinger”
  • French: “Palais Zwinger”
  • French: “Zwinger”
  • Georgian: “ცვინგერის სასახლე”
  • German: “Dresden, Zwinger”
  • German: “Dresdner Zwinger”
  • German: “Zwinger”
  • Greek: “Τσβίνγκερ”
  • Hebrew: “צווינגר”
  • Hungarian: “Zwinger”
  • Indonesian: “Zwinger (Dresden)”
  • Indonesian: “Zwinger”
  • Italian: “Zwinger Museum”
  • Italian: “Zwinger”
  • Japanese: “ツヴィンガー城”
  • Japanese: “ツヴィンガー宮殿”
  • Kazakh: “Цвингер”
  • Korean: “츠빙거”
  • Lithuanian: “Cvingeris”
  • Lithuanian: “Zwinger”
  • Luxembourgish: “Zwinger”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zwinger”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Der Zwinger”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Zwinger”
  • Norwegian: “Zwinger”
  • Persian: “زوینگر”
  • Polish: “Zwinger”
  • Portuguese: “Zwinger (Dresden)”
  • Portuguese: “Zwinger”
  • Romanian: “Palatul Zwinger din Dresda”
  • Romanian: “Zwinger”
  • Russian: “Дворец Цвингер”
  • Russian: “Цвингер”
  • Serbian: “Палата Цвингер”
  • Slovak: “Zwinger”
  • Slovenian: “Zwinger”
  • Spanish: “Zwinger”
  • Swedish: “Zwinger”
  • Thai: “ซวิงเงอร์”
  • Ukrainian: “Цвінгер”
  • Ukrainian: “Цвінґер”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Cwinger”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Zwinger”

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