Dresden a fabulous phoenix

[José Balido]

To visit the capital and largest city in Germany’s state/region of Saxony today, you might never guess that the magnificent Baroque and Rococco Altstadt (Old Town) we see today lay in absolute ruins after the infamous carpet bombing of World War II. Even today, there are gaps in the cityscape, but for the most part Dresden in 2017(pop. 586,000) is a handsome mix of modern industrial and an impressively historic (the city’s settlement dates from 1006), risen from the ashes on the banks of the Elbe River a couple of hours south of Berlin.

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