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Dresden - by Robert Schrader

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I was stunned by Dresden. If you find yourself in Berlin — or any city in the eastern part of Germany, for that matter — I promise you that even a short excursion to Dresden is well worth your while.

As you walk out of Neustadt (the “new city”) and toward Dresden’s historical center, one of the first sights you see is a solid gold statue of a man on a horse. This is Augustus, Jenne (my friend) advised me, perhaps the most arrogant of the Saxon emperors who ruled over the Kingdom, which had its capital in Dresden. 

Jenne and I were lucky enough that the sun broke through the clouds right as we walked into old Dresden, bathing its palaces and gardens in glorious sunlight, and highlighting the beauty of the city, which literally took my breath away. The bad news is that Dresden was among the most-bombed of all German cities during the second World War. The good news is that in spite of this, Dresden’s stunning Baroque architecture (which was, to be fair, mostly by Augustus), has been left largely intact, if a bit worn for wear. I mean, who would think that a German city almost unheard of outside hardcore travel circles would be so showstopping? I’ll take Zwinger Palace over Versailles or Drottningholm Palace in Stockholm any day, thank you very much. 


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I was likewise surprised to learn how long of a history Dresden had. A mural at the entrance to the old city stands as a chronological record of the long line of kings and emperors that have ruled over Dresden and Saxony. And yet in spite of this grandeur, there’s a sadness that permeates it all. Nobody in Dresden debates or even really discusses the evils inflicted upon the world by their leaders during the war. “But almost a million people died here,” Jenne reminded me as we walked past a subtle memorial to a particularly deadly bombing.
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