Japanisches Palais

The Japanisches Palais (English: "Japanese Palace") is a Baroque building in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. It is locate on the Neustadt bank of the river Elbe.

Japanisches Palais
Atlantes in the main entrance by Johann Matthäus Oberschall

History

Built in 1715, it was extended from 1729 until 1731 to house the Japanese porcelain collection of King Augustus the Strong that is now part of the Dresden Porcelain Collection. However, it was never used for this purpose, and instead served as a library. The palace is a work of architects Pöppelmann, Longuelune and de Bodt.

The Japanisches Palais was damaged during the allied bombing raids on 13 February 1945, but was restored in the 1950s and 1960s. The final restoration work continued until 1987.

Today, it houses three museums: the Museum of Ethnology Dresden, the State Museum for Pre-History (Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte) and the Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden.

See also

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