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Dresden was one of the most beautiful 18th-century cities, and its great church, known as the Frauenkirche, was a particular glory, its spectacular dome an architectural and a cultural monument.(The Week)(Brief Article)
* Dresden was one of the most beautiful 18th-century cities, and its great church, known as the Frauenkirche, was a particular glory, its spectacular dome an architectural and a cultural monument. In February 1945 a huge formation of the Royal Air Force bombed Dresden, creating a firestorm that killed some 20,000 people and destroyed most of the city, collapsing the Frauenkirche. There were military and political reasons for this raid, but controversy about it never quite died. Once Dresden was safely in the Soviet sphere, the ...
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