The Villa Rosa (1839–1945) was a former historical villa in Dresden, built in 1839 and destroyed in 1945. It was considered one of the most important villa buildings in Dresden, due to its architecture.

Gottfried Semper was a German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture who designed and built the Semper Opera House in Dresden between 1838 and 1841. In 1849 he took part in the May Uprising in Dresden and was put on the government's wanted list. He fled first to Zürich and later to London. He returned to Germany after the 1862 amnesty granted to the revolutionaries.