Dresden, Germany - Don't Miss Visiting These Places in Dresden!

Visit the Dresden Porcelain Manufacturers

Dresden Porcelain

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The Porcelain Collection at the Zwinger is one of the largest in the world, with 20,000 pieces of Chinese, Japanese and Meissen Porcelain.

Interesting Facts

• The First Porcelain in Europe was developed in Dresden in 1709.
• August the Strong brought Porcelain to Germany and declared his love for porcelain "maladie des porcellaines" – Porcelain Disorder.
• Chinese vessels and figures of the Song, Ming and Kangxi periods as well as Japanese Imari and Kakiemon porcelain from Arita predominate.
• The Saxon Porcelain Manufactory of Dresden owns moulds of more than 12,500 different models and shapes.

Index: Dresden, Germany - Don't Miss Visiting These Places in Dresden!

1. About Dresden, Germany
2. Visit the Dresden Frauenkirche
3. Take a Cruise on a Dresden Steam Paddle Boat
4. Visit the Pillnitz Castle When in Dresden
5. Visit the Dresden Semperoper - The Dresden Semper Opera House
6. Visit the Dresden Zwinger and Albertinum
7. Visit the Dresden Green Vault - See the Great Treasures of Saxony
8. Cycling in Dresden Germany
9. Visit the Dresden Porcelain Manufacturers