Dresden a Phoenix City: Rebuilt from Ashes City to Travel Destination
Dresden a Phoenix City: Rebuilt from Ashes City to Travel Destination
We call it a Phoenix city due to an legend that bird Phoenix when became near to death he sit in its nest and along with nest bird burned to ashes and new Phoenix reborn.
Same is true with Dresden, once it was famous for cultural and art city, but in WWII it was bombarded and turned into ashes. But residents of Dresden never give up and since years they renovated and now it becomes city of Travel Destination.
Content of Video
00:00– Intro
01:50 – History of Dresden
02:50 – Horror of World War
03:23 – Dresden Architecture
05:26 – Rebuilding of Dresden during cold war and GermanUnification
08:16 – Augustus and his palaces
09:04 – The Semperoper ( opera house)
10:24 – Historic Center Reconstructed
11:16 – The Church of our Lady
11:27 – Rebirth of the city
12:08 – Procession of Princes
Dresden had a tough 20th century history. Bombed and then rebuilt, after World War II. After World War II. Germany was divided, by the Iron Curtain.
The German Democratic Republic
Dresden is rich with fantastic, Baroque architecture.
This wealthy capital of Saxony ruled much of eastern Germany, from the banks of the Elbe River.
Augustus embellish his capital, he imported artists from all over Europe, especially from Italy.
Dresden’s grand architecture and dedication to the arts.
In spite of its resurgence, Dresden is still known for, its destruction in World War II.
American and British planes firebombed the city on the night of February 13, 1945.
More than 25,000 people were killed in just one night. And 75% of the historic center was destroyed.
Dresden is a city with magnificent architecture.
It is known as a Baroque city in Germany, but in fact there are several architectural styles for these great buildings, namely Renaissance, Modernism and Post-modernism
Through the Cold War, Dresden was part of communist East Germany from 1949 to 1990.
Under the Communists, Dresden restored damaged buildings.
Prager Street, was ruined till 1960s. Then it was rebuilt by the communist government and known as a showcase for Communist ideals.
The city’s once devastated historic center has been reconstructed.
The Frauenkirche, or Church of Our Lady, is the symbol and soul of the city.
Completed in 1743.
Then, in February of 1945, after the city was bombed, in the last months of the war, the Frauenkirche collapsed.
Long time, it laid there, a mound of debris.
Then, resident of Dresden decided to rebuild it completely.
With the help of international donations, Dresden’s most beloved church
was rebuilt and finally reopened to the public in 2005.
The rebirth of the city is evident everywhere.
It’s once again the heart of the city, alive with people and cafés.
The Fürstenzug (English: Procession of Princes) in Dresden, Germany, is a large mural of a mounted procession of the rulers of Saxony. It was originally painted between 1871 and 1876 to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Wettin Dynasty, Saxony’s ruling family. In order to make the work weatherproof, it was replaced with approximately 23,000 Meissen porcelain tiles between 1904 and 1907. With a length of 102 metres (335 ft), it is known as the largest porcelain artwork in the world. The mural displays the ancestral portraits of the 35 margraves, electors, dukes and kings of the House of Wettin between 1127 and 1904.
The Saxon ruler was one of the most powerful people in Germany. He was one of a few of nobles who elected the Roman Emperor.
In the 18th century, Augustus the Strong kicked off Saxony’s Golden Age.
His royal festival complex, called the Zwinger, is an example of how the king’s extravagance made Dresden a European capital of culture.
Today, the Zwinger is filled with fine museums.
The Semperoper is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra). It is also home to the Semperoper Ballett. The building is located on the Theaterplatz near the Elbe River in the historic centre of Dresden, Germany.
The opera house was originally built by the architect Gottfried Semper in 1841. After a devastating fire in 1869, the opera house was rebuilt, partly again by Semper, and completed in 1878. The opera house has a long history of premieres, including major works by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss.
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