Germany:02 Dresden

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The town On my way to the cathedral, I saw this weird fire escape.	Frauenkirche Dresden most famous church, the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), destroyed in World War 2 and rebuilt to its 18th century design after German reunification.	Frauenkirche The church is Lutheran, but the early 18th century was still doing Baroque, and this is definitely Baroque.	Frauenkirche The church is round, carrying the circle of the dome all the way down to the floor.
Frauenkirche More of the balcony style seating	Frauenkirche The dome	Frauenkirche The pulpit and gilt decoration	Frauenkirche More of the balcony style seating
Frauenkirche Blue marble highlights below the pulpit	Frauenkirche View from across the square	The town A double decker horse drawn sight-seeing wagon	The town A couple of interesting buildings near the church
The town In a parking garage, an Aston-Martin in a spot labeled "007"	Festung Dresden Dresden still has some of its old ramparts, and under them is a section of even older defenses.	Festung Dresden The old gateway, there was a bridge were the small walkway is in the center.	Festung Dresden Two level fighting posts, the X is a port for firing a musket, the pentagons below are for cannon.
Festung Dresden They could have put in more lights, but the semi-darkness helps recreate the way it was in the past.	Festung Dresden Look closely at the lower part of the arch support. There are high-water marks for past floods of the Elbe. The highest is for 2002. This year, 2013, may get added as well.	Festung Dresden More gun ports	Festung Dresden Part of the defenses that is open to the sky
Festung Dresden Looking out a musket slit at the ramparts	Festung Dresden More gun ports. The green thing in the center is a cover for a drainage channel.	Festung Dresden The gun ports also cover the face of the ramparts.	Festung Dresden Model of the old gateway. The gate shown is the one in picture 1104.
Festung Dresden Part of the arch of the bridge support shown in the model	Festung Dresden The outside of the gun ports	Festung Dresden Looking down into the open air part of the defenses	Dresden ramparts The ramparts, showing the gun ports
Dresden ramparts A section of the ramparts	Dresden ramparts A longer view of the ramparts