This area was closed to visits due to some works, so this was taking through a thick-glass window.

To the right of the Georgentor is the heart of the palace, centered around a large inner courtyard, known as the Great Court. It is surrounded by magnificent Renaissance facades decorated with sgraffito. At the center of the north wing stands the Haussman Tower, a 1991 reconstruction of the early fifteenth-century tower. A platform at the top of the tower gives visitors a great view over Dresden's inner city. A covered bridge near the tower connects the Residenzschloss with the Hofkirche.