tour de germany - Dresden

next stop of my tour de germany: dresden, which is the capital of the free state of Saxony... and dresden happens to the first eastern germany city which i have visited (berlin does not count cos it belongs partly to west germany)... and it is evident that dresden is much less developed than most of the other german cities which i had visited so far... and it is this "old town feeling" that made me like the city so much...ok, one thing that is similar in berlin will be the traffic man... i love it... can't singapore adopt something as adorable as these?? the Kreuzkirche (church of the holy cross) was bulit in the 13th century... the present church was built in the late Baroque and early Classicistic style between 1764 and 1800... it is home to the Kreuzchor boys' choir, whose tradition reaches back more than 700 years...the Frauenkirche (church of our lady) is located at the Neumarkt (the new market)... instead of a medieval St. Mary's church, germany's most important Protestant church was erected here between 1726 and 1743... its characteristic dome, called the "stone bell" owing to its shape, collapsed on 15 February 1945 after the bomb raids... a moving anti-war monument until the early 1990's, the church had since regained its original appearance... see the interior of the dome... it's lovely...
and can you believe this? this is a restaurant...next, Brühlsche Terrasse... originally designed to be a private garden for the Saxon Prime Minister Count Brühl and later opened to the public , this famous terrace known as "Europe's Balcony" soon become the most popular promenade in Dresden...see the pics and you will understand why...
the former Catholic Hofkirche (court church), christened the Cathedral Sanctissimae Trinitatis (Cathedral of the Holy Trinity) and elevated to the status of bishop's residence of the diocese of Dresden-Meissen in 1980, was built between 1738 and 1755 and it is a unique combination of Roman and German Baroque architecture... and walking along the Augustusstrasse is like traveling through the history of Saxony; along the 102 meter Fürstenzug (Procession of Princes), all the rulers of Saxony from 1123 to 1904 are on display...the impressive Semper Opera House was built between 1871 and 1878 according to the plans of Gottfried Semper... the house was completely destroyed in 1945 and reopened in 1985 after extensive reconstruction... and it is the only theater in Germany that bears the name of the archtitect... and this performer was really funnie... was pretending to be going against the strong wind...=) and all the various sights which i captured...