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DRESDEN
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die Hauptstadt Sachsens
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Home to Kings
1206 - Dresden’s first mentioned
Kings of Saxony August the Strong
Catholic King of Poland 1694-1733
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Dresden Fürstenzug
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Kultur und Architektur
Florence on the Elbe
Renaissance buildings
Baroque architecture
19th century buildings
Approximately 523,000 citizens
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Frauenkirche
Baroque dome Erected between
1726 and 1743 “Stone Bell” collapsed
on February 15, 1945 Left as an anti-war
symbol during GDR days
Rebuilt 2 million visitors since
2005
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Frauenkirche
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Die Semperoper
Gottfried Semper Architect for original opera house - 1841
Manfred Semper Son, in charge of reconstruction - 1869
Early Renaissance, Greek Revival and Baroque Architecture
Wagner operas premiered here Destroyed during bombing
Rebuilt 40 years later Reopened in 1985
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Semperoper
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die Katholische Hofkirche
Started building in 1738
Balance to the Frauenkirche
Considered Roccoco
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Zwinger
Built between 1710 and 1728 “Zwinger” means “interspace” Frederick August married
Hapsburg Archduchess Maria Josepha
Originally built as an orangery and a location of festivities
Art Museum Baroque pieces Old and new masters Porcelain
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Aerial View of Zwinger1933
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Zwinger
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Bombing of Dresden
February 13 through 15, 1945 Churchill – German Strategy
and Capacity to Resist Arthur Harris – Air Chief Marshal
Firestorm by the British Royal Air and the US Army Air Force
Destruction of the best of Germany
Civilians, Refugees, Casualties 25,000 to 500,000
http://web311.pavilion.net/2WWdresden.htm
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Neumarkt und Frauenkirche in 1949
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“Inspiration” for Slaughterhouse Five
"You guys burnt the place down, turned it into a single column of flame. More people died there in the firestorm, in that one big flame, than died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined."
--Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
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