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| Located on the river ], '''Dresden''' is the capital city of the ] state of Saxony, with a population of about 500,000. | Located on the river ], '''Dresden''' is the capital city of the ] state of Saxony, with a population of about 500,000. | ||
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Located on the river Elbe, Dresden is the capital city of the German state of Saxony, with a population of about 500,000.
In its past, Dresden has served as the seat of the Wettin landgraves of Meissen (from the 11th century). In the 15th c., it became the capital of the principality of Saxony (which became a kingdom in the 19th c.).
Dresden was renowned for its architecture, and as a center for elaborate ceramic. Little of Dresden's beauty remains; most of the city was destroyed by Allied bombing in 1945(?) near the end of World War II. One of the major restorations in progress is that of the Frauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady.