Dresden

[selenak]

My Saturday was incredibly busy and included a visit to Dresden, which is why I shall inflict more pictures on you.



Though given that Florence is mostly Renaissance, aesthetics-wise, and the splendor of Dresden is baroque, I'm not sure the label fits. Still, there is much to admire:



Mind you: what's most amazing is that the majority of these buildings were all destroyed in the (in)famous bombings, but every time I'm there, I marvel at the job reconstruction did.



Same square, opposite view:



That's the cathedral on one side. The most famous church in Dresden, however, is this one, the Frauenkirche:



That's a statue of Luther in the foreground. Incidentally, the Frauenkirche is a good case in point about reconstruction - the black(ened) stones survived the bombing, everything else is new:



Have a look inside:







You go up to the coppola, and look down:





And outside, have a great view over Dresden:





Here's the mansion of the Countess Cosel, the most famous mistress of August the Strong. (Who in the end locked her up for decades. Not a poster child for romance.)



Same house from street level:



Meanwhile, August wasn't doing too badly for himself, either. Here's a court in his palace:





Dresden is also famous for its opera, this one:



And the Grünes Gewölbe, where they keep what used to be the biggest and now still is one of the most famous treasure collection in Europe:



And thus it's goodbye to Saxonian Baroque:

Comments

[yvi]

Oh, pretty! I was in Dresden for the first time this year and yeah, so pretty!

[selenak]

I visited it for the first time after the borders were opened, and then ten years later, and again two times during the last five years. Amazing every time.

[cahn]

Oh, this is gorgeous, thank you for these!