Dresden's Großer Garten - or "Great Garden" - is a public park that was first established in 1676 by future elector Johann Georg III as a hunting ground. It was located outside the walls of the city, just to the southwest of the city center.The centerpiece of the park is the Sommerpalais, a Baroque masterpiece commissioned by Johann Georg III in 1676 and completed in 1683 after a design by Johann Georg Starcke. It is one of the earliest examples of Baroque architecture in Germany. In 1945, the building burned out completely after it was hit during an aerial bombardment. Reconstructions started in the mid 1950s and by the end of the 1960s the palace's exterior was almost completely rebuilt. It would take another twenty years before a partial reconstruction of the interior started in 1990.