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Wikipedia: Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area.
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![Image of Dresden during the 1890s, before extensive World War II destruction [Image of Dresden during the 1890s, before extensive World War II destruction]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dresden_photochrom2_s.jpg)
![Elbe Flood in March 2006: Dresden is often endangered by manageable floods while disastrous events as in 2002 or... [Elbe Flood in March 2006: Dresden is often endangered by manageable floods while disastrous events as in 2002 or...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Elbe_030406_2_s.jpg)
![The Hofkirche [The Hofkirche]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dresden_Hofkirche_04_s.jpg)
![The Volkswagen 'CarGoTram''' of the Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe delivers parts to the ''VW '''Transparent Factory'''... [The Volkswagen 'CarGoTram''' of the Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe delivers parts to the ''VW '''Transparent Factory'''...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/VW_Cargotram_Dresden_s.jpg)
![Revolutionary barricades during the May Uprising in Dresden (1848) [Revolutionary barricades during the May Uprising in Dresden (1848)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Barricades_1848_Germany_s.jpg)
![The gable of the central wing [The gable of the central wing]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/TySaechsischeStaatskanzlei20050921i0633_s.jpg)
![The Dresden Frauenkirche, a few years after its reconsecration [The Dresden Frauenkirche, a few years after its reconsecration]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Frauenkirche_DResden_78_s.jpg)
![Dresden viewed from across the Elbe [Dresden viewed from across the Elbe]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dresden_in_der_Nacht_s.jpg)
![Winter time in Dresden [Winter time in Dresden]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dresden123_s.jpg)
![The locally controversial UFA-Palast [The locally controversial UFA-Palast]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dresden_Kristallpalast_nigh_2_s.jpg)
![Bridge at the Kronentor (crowned gate) of the Zwinger Palace [Bridge at the Kronentor (crowned gate) of the Zwinger Palace]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Zwingerteich_Dresden_2_s.jpg)
![63% of Dresden is green areas. [63% of Dresden is green areas.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dresden_Luftbild_Stadtteil_Neustadt_2005_2_s.jpg)
![View over Dresden from the south-eastern slopes [View over Dresden from the south-eastern slopes]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Babisnauer_Pappel_Blick_auf_Dresden_2_s.jpg)
![AMD Factory [AMD Factory]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Luftbild_AMD_Dresden_2005_2_s.jpg)
![The Fürstenzug—the Saxon sovereigns [The Fürstenzug—the Saxon sovereigns]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/DresdenFuerstenzug_s.jpg)
![The longest trams in Dresden set a record in length [The longest trams in Dresden set a record in length]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/NGTD12DD_front_s.jpg)
![Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden [Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dresden_Frauenkirche_View_from_top_03_s.jpg)
![The International Congress Centre Dresden [The International Congress Centre Dresden]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dresden_Kongresszentrum_1_s.jpg)
!["Moor with emerald plate" byBalthasar Permoser in the Grünes Gewölbe which is the former royal Schatzkammer or... ["Moor with emerald plate" byBalthasar Permoser in the Grünes Gewölbe which is the former royal Schatzkammer or...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mohr_mit_Smaragdstufe_Gr_C3_BCnes_Gew_C3_B6lbe_Dresden_s.jpg)
![The Dresden Frauenkirche, a few days prior to its re-consecration [The Dresden Frauenkirche, a few days prior to its re-consecration]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dresden_Frauenkirche_Saint_Mary_october_2005_s.jpg)
![Aerial view of the city of Dresden [Aerial view of the city of Dresden]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dresden_aerial_photo_City_Augustus_bridge_across_river_Elbe_cathedrale_Church_of_Our_Lady_photo_2008_Wolfgang_Pehlemann_Wiesbaden_Germany_HSBD4389_2_s.jpg)