Dresden is sometimes used as word for European porcelain.
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Dresden is the capital city of the German federal state of Saxony, is situated in a valley on the river Elbe.
Dresden is located at 51°03ⲠN 13°45ⲠE, in the southeastern corner of eastern Germany; about two hours south of Germany's capital, Berlin, and about two hours north of Prague, capital of the Czech Republic.
Dresden was not the only German city devastated by World War II bombing, but the bombing of Dresden in 1945 has become one of the most controversial events of that war.