Dresden

Czech out Prague!

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June 13th 2010
On the way to Prague I stopped off in Dresden for 2 hours, not long but enough to see the town centre. Dresden is full of very grand buildings, but very pretty! One of the best things was on the wall of one street is a ‘’Procession of Princes’’, a kind of huge mural made entirely of porcelain, it was stunning! And the restored Frauenkirche, (which Caro in Berlin had kindly told me the hist ... read more

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Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of ot... ... read more