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Dresden

editor — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Dresden EASTERN GERMANY Saxony (Sachsen) is known primarily for Dresden and Leipzig, the largest cities in Eastern Germany after Berlin. However, the entire region offers fascinating historical and cultural diversity. The castles around Dresden testify to the decadence of Saxony’s Electors, while boxy socialist monuments elsewhere recall the GDR aesthetic. Saxony is also home to the Sorbs, Germany’s only national minority, who lend a Slavic feel to many of the region’s eastern towns. The stunning buildings of Dresden’s Altstadt look ancient, but most are newly reconstructed the Allied bombings of February 1945 that claimed over 40,000 lives destroyed 75% of

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Dresden Map Tourist Attractions

editor — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 10:12:00 +0000

Dresden Map Tourist Attractions SEMPER-OPER. Dresden’s famed opera house luxuriates in the same style as the northern wing of the Zwinger palace. Painstaking restoration has returned the building to its original state, making it one of Dresden’s major attractions. Tour the interior any day or just go to an opera. (Theaterpl. 2. Check the main entrance for tour times, usually M-F every 30min. llam-3pm. ‚5, students ‚3.) DRESDENER SCHLOfi. Once the proud home of August the Strong, this palace will regain the lion’s share of its notoriety in 2004, when the BGriines Gewolbe (Green Vault) returns. From a collection of

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