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The former East Germany is
an area in transition. Although economic woes still affect the area and
eyesores of Soviet industrialization dot the landscape, cities like Dresden
have been largely rebuilt after the devastation of the Second World War
and the connections to historical figures such as Luther, Goethe,
Schiller, Bach and Wagner are proudly preserved.
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Buildings representing several centuries of architecture are
found in the old town area of Dresden. A terrace above the Elbe
River provides a breathtaking view of the skyline. |
The Semperoper, one of Europe's finest opera houses where
Wagner's work premiered, is lavish and architecturally
stunning. |
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The newly restored
Frauenkirche, Germany's greatest baroque Protestant (Lutheran) church, is a symbol
of reconciliation, as donations for its reconstruction came
mainly from British and American donors. |
A fragment from the
dome of the original Frauenkirche is a reminder of the Allied
bombing of Dresden in 1945 which reduced the city to ruins and
was written about by Kurt Vonnegut in Slaughterhouse 5. |
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This mosaic on the
wall of the flat roofed, communist style post office is a reminder of the Soviet influence in
the former cities of East Germany.
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our trip to Germany |
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