Dresden- Zwinger Palace

Zwinger Palace in Dresden is most famous around the world for its beautiful baroque architecture. This palace was built during the reign of Augustus the Strong in 1709. Augustus the Strong was an elector of Saxony and the future king of Poland at the time (Zwinger Palace-Dresden’s). The sandstone palace was built between 1710 and 1719 by Matthaus Daniel Poppelmann (Zwinger Palace). This architecture was one of the many we talked about in our class over spring semester.

Today, many museums are inside of the Zwinger Palace. Something interesting that I found about the museums is that to this day, the gallery contains the world’s most important collection of paintings dating from the baroque to the Renaissance period. One of these paintings would be the famous Sistine Madonna by Raphael (Zwinger Palace). I hope we can go inside this building because I think it would be so amazing to see all the painting collections.

After researching more about this palace I learned that along with the beautiful architecture and museums there are lovely gardens , gorgeous pavilions and picturesque fountains (Zwinger Palace-Dresden’s). This only made me more excited because as a lot of people know this about me I am obsessed with flowers and gardens! I am super excited to go visit this palace now!

References:

"Zwinger Palace — Dresden’s Exquisite Royal Residence." MyGermanCitycom RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2013.

Zwinger Palace. "Zwinger Palace – a Baroque Gem from the Time of Augustus the Strong. | Tourism in Germany – Travel, Breaks, Holidays." Zwinger Palace – a Baroque Gem from the Time of Augustus the Strong. | Tourism in Germany – Travel, Breaks, Holidays. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2013.

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Absolutely breath-taking view

Just simply beautiful!