 "The German Florence", a city of imposing structures |
The city has a natural authority, a bearing about it, like Prague, Vienna or St. Petersburg. This is where princes governed their principalities, where artists created works of genius, where buildings to stir the senses were raised by the banks of the Elbe. Dresden has been rebuilt, is still being rebuilt, and is far more splendid than we have any right to expect. Yet it is still redolent of regret, and no deluge of Euros will ever completely erase the tantalising aura of an old imperial capital down on its luck. The riches of the 'Old Town' would embarrass any other city. Opera Houses, cathedrals, palaces, mural processions, arts academies, cupolas and galleries, all ornate and all overwhelming, compete for attention.
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