The Residence Main Entrance

The main entrance to the royal palace faces the Elbe River, at the end of Buhl Terrace - the magnificent prominade along the Elbe. To the left of the entrance is the beginning of the Procession of Princes - the mosaic constructed of Dresden porcelain depicting all of the rulers of Saxony, from 1127 - 1918.

Day 8c - The Green Vault in the Royal Residence Palace

December 18th 2006
The striking thing about the exterior of the Palace - and typical of most of the restored buildings I see - is that in restoring, they left the soot on the stones from the massive fires after the firebombing of Dresden 60 years ago. Dresden was pretty much wiped out - the temperatures were so hot, that many of the huge sandstones that were used in construction, such as in the Frauenkirche, collap ... read more

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