User:Michael Goodyear/Königstraße, Dresden
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.jpg) View along Konigstrasse towards Japanese Palace | |
| Former name(s) | Friedrich-Engels-Straße |
|---|---|
| Length | 0.45 km (0.28 mi) |
| Location | Innere Neustadt, Dresden, Saxony, Germany |
| Postal code | 01097 |
| Coordinates | 51°3′39.4″N 13°44′27.6″E / 51.060944°N 13.741000°E |
Königstraße is a baroque boulevard in Dresden, Germany, running from the Japanese Palace to Albertplatz in the Innere Neustadt district. Nearly all of the buildings are preserved baroque originals.
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Königstraße was built during the reconstruction by August the Strong(1670–1733) of the surrounding area after the fire of 1685, between 1722 and 1732, to a design by Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662–1736). Originally referred to as Neue Königstadt (New King's City), the area is now just called Neustadt. August envisaged a planned baroque city on the right bank of the Elbe River. As originally conceived, Königstraße would be 340 m long and 30 m wide, lined with linden trees and baroque buildings, providing a vista of the Japanese Palace.
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