Dresden Castle
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castle in Dresden, Germany
Key facts
- Architectural style
- Neo-Renaissance , Baroque
- Location
- Dresden , Germany
- Owner
- Free State of Saxony
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- building
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Dresden
- Owned by
- Saxony
- Location
- Innere Altstadt
- Image
- Dresden Residenzschloss 3.jpg
- Significant event
- destruction
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- Commons category
- Dresden Castle
- Commons gallery
- Residenzschloss Dresden
- occupant
- Münzkabinett
- architectural style
- Renaissance Revival architecture
- street address
- Taschenberg 2, 01067 Dresden
- time of earliest written record
- 1289-00-00
- commissioned by
- Friedrich August II of Saxony
- P8168
- Menneus
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Encyclopedic overview
Dresden Castle or Royal Palace (German: Dresdner Residenzschloss or Dresdner Schloss) is one of the oldest buildings in Dresden, Germany. For almost 400 years, it was the residence of the electors (1547–1806) and kings (1806–1918) of Saxony from the Albertine House of Wettin as well as Kings of Poland (1697–1763). It is known for the different architectural styles employed, from Baroque to Neo-Renaissance.
Today, the residential castle is a museum complex that contains the Historic and New Green Vault, the Numismatic Cabinet, the Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs and the Dresden Armory with the Turkish Chamber. It also houses an art library and the management of the Dresden State Art Collections.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dresden Castle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.