About this place
Stretching for roughly five hundred metres between the Augustus Bridge and the Carola Bridge, the Brühlsche Terrasse rises about ten metres above the river Elbe and forms one of Dresden's most beloved public spaces. Once part of the city's fortifications, it became the private garden of the powerful minister Count Heinrich von Brühl, who was given the whole terrace in 1747, and it was opened to the public in 1814. Lined by the Academy of Fine Arts with its glass dome, the Albertinum and a monumental staircase guarded by Johannes Schilling's sculptures, the terrace was gutted in the firebombing of February 1945 alongside the rest of the old town. Rebuilt in the decades that followed, it carries both the elegance of Saxon Dresden and the memory of the city's darkest night.
Key facts
- 500 metres — Length of the terrace above the Elbe, between the Augustus and Carola bridges
- 1814 year — The former private garden was opened to the public and became the 'Balcony of Europe'
- 1945 year — The entire terrace ensemble was gutted in the February firebombing of Dresden
📍 Brühlsche Terrasse, 01067, Dresden