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BATTLE OF DRESDENBATTLE OF DRESDENBATTLE OF DRESDEN
Map gps coordinates: 51.033333, 13.733333Address: Reichenbachstraße 12, 01069 Dresden, Germany
Heartened by France's loss in Russia, Prussia joined with Austria, Sweden, Russia, Great Britain, Spain, and Portugal in anew coalition. Napoleon assumed command in Germany and inflicted a series of defeats on the Coalition culminating inthe Battle of Dresden in August 1813.
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ZWINGER MUSEUMZWINGER MUSEUMZWINGER MUSEUM
Map gps coordinates: 51.053056, 13.733889Address: Sophienstraße 1, 01067 Dresden, Germany
One of famous Blaise Pascal's calculators exhibited at the Zwinger museum in Dresden, Germany.
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The most famous building started under Augustus II the Strong was the Zwinger Castle.
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KREUZSCHULEKREUZSCHULEKREUZSCHULE
Map gps coordinates: 51.047222, 13.801389Address: Niederwaldstraße 24, 01277 Dresden, Germany
In 1821, Richard Wagner was sent to the Kreuzschule, the boarding school of the Dresdner Kreuzchor.
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GEMÄLDEGALERIE ALTE MEISTERGEMÄLDEGALERIE ALTE MEISTERGEMÄLDEGALERIE ALTE MEISTER
Map gps coordinates: 51.053611, 13.734722Address: Theaterplatz 1, 01067 Dresden, Germany
On 14 April 1867, Dostoevsky and his wife Anna began a delayed honeymoon in Germany. They stayed in Berlin andvisited the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, where he sought inspiration for his writing.
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Augustus II the Strong started systematic collection of paintings that are now on display in the Old Masters Gallery.
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GREEN VAULTGREEN VAULTGREEN VAULT
Map gps coordinates: 51.052778, 13.736389Address: Taschenberg 2, 01067 Dresden, Germany
Augustus II the Strong is perhaps best remembered as a patron of the arts and architecture. He had beautiful palaces
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built in Dresden, a city that became renowned for extraordinary cultural brilliance. He introduced the first publicmuseums, such as the Green Vault in 1723.
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DRESDEN CASTLEDRESDEN CASTLEDRESDEN CASTLE
Map gps coordinates: 51.052778, 13.736944Address: Taschenberg 2, 01067 Dresden, Germany
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After a major fire in 1701, Augustus II the Strong rebuilt much of the Dresden Castle in the Baroque style. The collectionrooms were created at this time in the western wing.
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PILLNITZ CASTLEPILLNITZ CASTLEPILLNITZ CASTLE
Map gps coordinates: 51.008911, 13.870158Address: Unnamed Road, 01326 Dresden, Germany
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In 1706, Augustus II the Strong gave the Pillnitz Castle to one of his numerous mistresses, Anna Constantia ofBrockdorff, only to rescind the gift after she fled to Berlin in 1715. Augustus II then ordered the château to be convertedinto an oriental summer palace for riverside festivities, necessitating extensive rebuilding.
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MORITZBURG CASTLEMORITZBURG CASTLEMORITZBURG CASTLE
Map gps coordinates: 51.167572, 13.679611Address: Schloßallee, 01468 Moritzburg, Germany
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Between 1723 and 1733, Augustus II the Strong had the Moritzburg Castle remodelled as a country seat by architectsMatthäus Daniel Pöppelmann and Zacharias Longuelune, adding a formal park, several ponds and a game preserve.
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KATHOLISCHE HOFKIRCHEKATHOLISCHE HOFKIRCHEKATHOLISCHE HOFKIRCHE
Map gps coordinates: 51.053611, 13.7375Address: Schloßstraße 24, 01067 Dresden, Germany
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August II's heart was interred at Dresden's Katholische Hofkirche.
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