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The Frauenkirche is a Lutheran church in Dresden, rebuilt between 1994 and 2005 after its destruction in the 1945 firebombing of the city. The present building is a reconstruction of the 18th-century Baroque church designed by George Bähr, known for one of the largest domes in Europe.

The Zwinger is a Baroque palace complex in central Dresden, built from 1709 under architect Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann for Augustus the Strong. Its pavilions, galleries and gardens surround a courtyard with fountains, and the Semper Gallery wing, added in 1855, now houses several of the city's art collections.

The Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister displays around 750 European paintings from the 15th to 18th centuries, including Italian Renaissance, Dutch and Flemish works. Part of the Dresden State Art Collections, the gallery occupies the Semper wing of the Zwinger on the bank of the Elbe.

The Albertinum is a sandstone Renaissance Revival museum building on Brühl's Terrace, named after King Albert of Saxony. It houses the Dresden State Art Collections' New Masters Gallery and Sculpture Collection, showing paintings and sculpture from the Romantic period to the present.

The German Hygiene Museum is a medical and science museum in Dresden, founded in 1912 by businessman Karl August Lingner after the 1911 International Hygiene Exhibition. Its current building, by architect Wilhelm Kreis, opened in 1930 and displays the Gläserner Mensch, a transparent anatomical model of the human body.

Pillnitz Palace is a Baroque summer residence of the Saxon electors and kings on the right bank of the Elbe east of Dresden. It comprises the riverside Wasserpalais, the hillside Bergpalais and the later Neues Palais, set around a garden, and today houses the Dresden State Art Collections' decorative arts museum.