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This former residence of the façade facing the courtyard is VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Wettin family was built in stages decorated with sgraffito and has
from the late 15th to the 17th shady arcades supported by slim Practical Information
centuries. It houses some of the columns. It provided an excellent Road map E4. * 480,000.
most beautiful art collections in backdrop for tournaments and n Neumarkt 2 (beside
East Germany, including the parades. The wall facing the Frauenkirche) (0351-501 501);
world famous Grünes Gewölbe street features the so-called Wiener Platz 4 (in railway station).
(Green Vaults), a vast collection Fürstenzug (procession of dukes) _ Flotten-parade der Sächs.
of royal jewels, gems and table – a magnificent, 102 m (111 yd)- Dampfschiffahrt (May); Elbhangfest
decorations. Book in advance long frieze depicting the pro- (Jun); Stadtfest (Aug);
Weihnachtsmarkt (Nov–Dec).
for the ground-floor “vault”. The cession of many Saxon rulers. ∑ dresden.de
Hausmann sturm, which is a tall The frieze was originally created
tower, affords a great view of by Wilhelm Walther in 1872–6 Transport
the Dresden skyline. using the sgraffito technique, but k Dresden-Klotzsche 15 km
it was replaced in 1907 by 24,000 (9 miles) from centre.
P Fürstenzug Meissen porcelain tiles. £ Hauptbahnhof, Wiener Platz
Augustusstraße (0351-461 37 10).
Langer Gang (long walk) is a long E Verkehrsmuseum g Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt,
Radebeul, Hertha-Lindner-
building, erected in 1586–91, (Johanneum) Straße 10. (0351) 86 60 90.
which connects the castle with Augustusstraße 1. Tel (0351) 86 440.
the Johanneum. The elegant Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sun.
This late 16th-century
Renaissance building, originally
designed as royal stables by Paul
Buchner, was refurbished in the
mid-18th century and housed
first a gallery of paintings, later
an armoury and a porcelain
collection. Since 1956 it has
been a museum of transport,
with old trams, locomotives, a
collection of vintage cars and
Fragment of the Fürstenzug, outside Langer Gang models of famous German ships.
A NTONSTRASS E Pfunds Molkerai, Dresden City Centre

Flughafen
HAINSTR.
15 km (9 miles)
1 Zwinger
K Ö N I G S T R A S SE Kraszewski-Museum 2 Sächsische Staatsoper
3 Schinkelwache
NIERITZSTR
PALAIS- Dreikönigskirche 4 Hofkirche
PLATZ 5 Residenzschloß
Marienbrücke Japanisches HAUPTSTRASSE
Karl-May- Palais GROSSE MEISSNER STR Museum für ALBERTSTRASSE 6 Fürstenzug
Goldener
KONNERITZSTRASSE OSTRA-UFER TERRASS E N U FER Elbe Blockhaus NEUSTÄDTER Sächsische CAROLA- 8 Frauenkirche
Museum
7 Johanneum
Reiter
Volkskunst
MARKT
9 Brühlsche Terrasse
K ÖPCKEST R .
PLATZ
0 Albertinum
q Stadtmuseum Dresden
w Kreuzkirche
Sächsische
DEV RIEN TS TR ASS E
Staatsoper Augustusbrücke e Neues Rathaus
A M Z WING ERTEICH THEATER- Brühlsche Carolabrücke r Museum f. Sächs.
O STR A-ALLEE
Blaues Wunder
Volkskunst
PLATZ
Terrasse
Schinkelwache Hofkirche T E R R A S S E N U F E R t Goldener Reiter
Fürstenzug
Frauen- Albertinum y Japanisches Palais
kirche
H.-LINDNER-STR THEATERSTR. OSTRA-ALLEE SOPHIENSTR Residenzschloss
Zwinger
Johanneum
Taschen-
POST- bergpalais SCHLOSSSTR. Kulturpalast NEUMARKT ST PETERSBURGER STR AS SE
PLATZ
Stadtmuseum
WILSDRUFFER STR.
Dresden
ANNENSTRASSE ALTMARKT
Gewandhaus Großer Garten,
Kreuzkirche Schloss Pillnitz
SEESTR. 0 metres 100
WALLSTRASSE
MARIENSTRASSE
DR- K ÜLZ-RI N G Neues Rathaus 0 yards 100
A M S E E
Hauptbanhof
360 m (400 yards)
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