General view
by ARNOLD OF WESTPHALIA, Photo
Dresden Castle (Dresdner Residenzschloss) is one of the oldest buildings in Dresden, Germany. For almost 400 years, it was the residence of the electors (1547-1806) and kings (1806-1918) of Saxony. Most of the castle was reduced to a roofless shell during the February 13, 1945 bombing of Dresden in World War II. Restoration began in the 1960s and it was completed in 2013.
The original castle was a Romanesque keep, built around 1200. From 1468 until 1480, the keep was extended by the master builder, Arnold von Westfalen (Arnold of Westphalia), becoming an enclosed four-wing construction. In the middle of the 16th century, an addition was added in the Renaissance style.
The photo shows Dresden Castle viewed from the Zwinger.