4.9K views · 345 reactions | Dresden Cathedral, also known as the Katholische Hofkirche (Catholic Court Church), is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. Built between 1739 and 1755 under Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, it was designed by Italian architect Gaetano Chiaveri in a grand Baroque style to counterbalance the Protestant Frauenkirche and assert Catholic presence. The cathedral, with its ornate facade, 85-meter-high dome, and 86 sandstone statues, is