Dresden, Germany: Reconstructed and Rewarding
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Date: 2020-08-10
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xellossaxon
Actually, if you ask around, people enjoy the open communist architecture south of Oldtown. Remember, the Germans have Bauhaus, the most beautiful and impressive modern form of architecture. Prager Street is so nice in summer. So many people. Cities change - there is enough reconstruction going on. Recently the last hole in Oldtown was stuffed. Luxury apartments of course, the facade is old school (Baroque, 18th century merchant house style, 19th century etc, the buildings themselves are supermodern. The city should just see that those older buildings from the communist era get a nice tough up.
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Actually, if you ask around, people enjoy the open communist architecture south of Oldtown. Remember, the Germans have Bauhaus, the most beautiful and impressive modern form of architecture. Prager Street is so nice in summer. So many people. Cities change - there is enough reconstruction going on. Recently the last hole in Oldtown was stuffed. Luxury apartments of course, the facade is old school (Baroque, 18th century merchant house style, 19th century etc, the buildings themselves are supermodern. The city should just see that those older buildings from the communist era get a nice tough up.
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8avexp
My father managed to leave Dresden just days before it was incinerated. Even his family didn't know if he was alive. My grandfather had prepared travel papers for him to go to Kempten, and my father could choose between a civilian train, a local, or an express. As fate would have it, he chose the local and saw the express take a direct hit from an Allied bomb. He insisted until the day he died that someone led him out of Dresden. I asked him about Frauenkirche and he remembered it very well. He attended concerts there.
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My father managed to leave Dresden just days before it was incinerated. Even his family didn't know if he was alive. My grandfather had prepared travel papers for him to go to Kempten, and my father could choose between a civilian train, a local, or an express. As fate would have it, he chose the local and saw the express take a direct hit from an Allied bomb. He insisted until the day he died that someone led him out of Dresden. I asked him about Frauenkirche and he remembered it very well. He attended concerts there.
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bademeister
The structure of the Frauenkirche is quite modern. Its architect, Baer, did not have reinforced concrete of course, he used jellowish sandsone from the quarries further up the river, but he knew that the tall dome would burst under its own weight. Sceptics told him the same thing when he showed them his design. He used the same trick that holds Sir Christopher Wren's St Paul's Cathedral together: a massive iron chain is wrapped around the base of the dome to prevent it from giving way.
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The structure of the Frauenkirche is quite modern. Its architect, Baer, did not have reinforced concrete of course, he used jellowish sandsone from the quarries further up the river, but he knew that the tall dome would burst under its own weight. Sceptics told him the same thing when he showed them his design. He used the same trick that holds Sir Christopher Wren's St Paul's Cathedral together: a massive iron chain is wrapped around the base of the dome to prevent it from giving way.
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travel
The majority of Dresden is post modern, few areas were actually rebuilt to their original historical style. In its glory day, Dresden must have been one of the most beautiful cities, not just in Germany, but all Europe. sad, little remains.
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The majority of Dresden is post modern, few areas were actually rebuilt to their original historical style. In its glory day, Dresden must have been one of the most beautiful cities, not just in Germany, but all Europe. sad, little remains.
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YourLittleDeath
I might go out on a limb here but I don't think Dresden should have been rebuilt for the same reason as Oradour-sur-Glane was never rebuilt. Rebuilding Dresden simply serves to assuage the guilt of the allies in this crime.
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I might go out on a limb here but I don't think Dresden should have been rebuilt for the same reason as Oradour-sur-Glane was never rebuilt. Rebuilding Dresden simply serves to assuage the guilt of the allies in this crime.
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Carlos
. It WAS More than 6, 000 People Died RICK. Refugees Came from the Eastern Part of Germany/Prussia to escape the Advancing Bolsheviks. I should know. My Papa came from ww2 Germany! I have No respect for the SO -CALLED Allies!
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. It WAS More than 6, 000 People Died RICK. Refugees Came from the Eastern Part of Germany/Prussia to escape the Advancing Bolsheviks. I should know. My Papa came from ww2 Germany! I have No respect for the SO -CALLED Allies!
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Jarvis
Saxony was firebombed by the Saxons. It is hard to believe that the most intelligent people can be so foolish sometimes.
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Saxony was firebombed by the Saxons. It is hard to believe that the most intelligent people can be so foolish sometimes.
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Vidfile
Dresden is part of the colony of the Eng and USA Getting tax money from Dresden. Showing nonsense with few old buildings.
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Dresden is part of the colony of the Eng and USA Getting tax money from Dresden. Showing nonsense with few old buildings.
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