Japanisches Palais

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Japanisches Palais is a baroque palace in the city of Dresden, built in 1715. It was extended in 1729-1731, to store the Japanese porcelain collection of Augustus the Strong, although it was never used for this purpose, and instead was used as a library.

The Japanisches Palais (Japanese Palace) was partly destroyed during the allied bombing raids on February 13th 1945., but was reconstructed in the 1950s and 1960s. The final reconstruction work continued until 1987. It currently hosts the Museum für Völkerkunde.

[edit] External links

• Japanisches Palais at Dresden website (German)
• Basic info and photos (English)

This article is based on a translation of the article Japanisches Palais from the German Wikipedia.