“Boy on a turkey” by Georg Wrba, 1913
Italienisches Dörfchen
Theaterplatz
Dresden, September 2024
“The Italienisches Dörfchen (Italian Village) is a restaurant in Dresden. It is located on Theaterplatz, near the Hofkirche (Court Church), the Zwinger Palace, and the Semper Opera House, in the historic part of the city center. The name refers to earlier buildings on this site. When the Italian architect Gaetano Chiaveri built the Catholic Court Church, Chiaveri's craftsmen and artists, who presumably also came from Italy, lived in numerous small houses near the construction site on the steep left bank of the Elbe bend. This followed the principle of the cathedral construction lodges, which were established in the Middle Ages during the construction and later for the maintenance of great cathedrals. Dresden's locals soon dubbed the houses the ‘Italian Village.’ The settlement, with the exception of a few inns, was demolished to build the new Royal Court Theater, the first Semper Opera House.” (Italienisches Dörfchen, Wikipedia)
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