Dresden is full of art and culture. This "still" man might have been our favorite piece of art! He just stood there perfectly still has people walked past him and starred.
Below are pictures of the Zwinger palace. Here you can visit many museums, including the Old Master Gallery (which had Rafael's Sistine Madonna), Royal Armory, and Porcelain collection. The Royal Armory was filled with swords, jousting stick and suits of armour. King Augustus the II collected porcelain from France, Japan and China. He was "obsessed" with porcelain, owning about 24,000 pieces, not all still intact.
The Zwinger palace is part of the Wettin dynasty, this complex is a Baroque masterpiece! The Wettins ruled over Saxony for over 800 yrs up to WWI. This complex was used by royalty for large events such as weddings. I imagined myself in a beautiful dress walking around the complex, I felt so elegant! The first picture features the inside of the Zwinger which is shaped kind of like a square with a huge courtyard in the middle. The second picture is of the outside of the Zwinger which stands next to the Opera House.
Below is the Semper Opera House. 3 Opera Houses have stood on this spot. The first was destroyed by fire in 1869, the second by firebombs in 1945 (WW II). This is the 3rd Opera house.
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