Dresden
What was a Slavic fishermen's village 800 years ago began to develop
into a European cultural metropolis and is now the capital of the Free
State of Saxony. In the 16th century the  art-loving
family of Wettin took residence here. It is to them that we owe
the Baroque and Renaissance monuments in the Old Town, e.g. the Zwinger
and the Royal Palace, and above all the treasures in our art collections.
Owing to the combination of art treasures and the city's romantic
situation in the wide valley of the River Elbe, the "German Florence
on the Elbe", as Johann Gottfried Herder called the town, attracts
art lovers and those interested in nature or technology alike. The
Gründerzeit, Art Nouveau and 20th century buildings in the Innere and
Äußere Neustadt (New Town) are testimony to the more recent chapters
of the city's history.
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