Theaterplatz
Grand riverside square framed by an opera house, Baroque cathedral and gallery, with a bronze king.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Theaterplatz in Dresden is about the ground beneath the opera house rather than the buildings on it: how a riverside quarter of alleys, stalls and huts became one of Germany's grandest squares. It follows the architect Gottfried Semper's forum plan of the eighteen-thirties, the Italian craftsmen who gave the old quarter its name, and the fire of eighteen sixty-nine. Stand near the bronze horseman in the middle, with the opera on one side and the gallery gate on the other.
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