Dresden Cathedral

Dresden Cathedral, formally the Church of the Royal Court, is the largest church in the region of Saxony and once the Catholic court chapel of the electors. Built in the mid-eighteenth century in an elegant Baroque style, it stands beside the royal palace near the Elbe. A balustrade around its exterior carries dozens of stone statues of saints, and inside it holds an ornate pulpit and a crypt containing the remains of Saxon rulers. A passage once linked it directly to the palace so the ruling family could attend Mass unseen.