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FEATURE (Category: Europe | Germany | winter | cultural-historical | scenic drives)
Germany, Sachsen (Saxony): Around Dresden
Germany, Sachsen (Saxony): Around Dresden
This feature is an exploration of the area around Saxony's capital, including the Dresden/Elbe Valley UNESCO world heritage site (please read excerpts of the article). That is a stretch of castles and palaces along the river, including the restored heart of Dresden itself. The trip starts in porcelain city Meissen and sheds light on two inventions, both done in the Albrechtsburg castle: porcelain and the ribless cellular vault. The scenic drive ends in Zittau, near the spot where Germany, Poland and Czechia meet, with a touching story about Zittau's famous Lent Cloth. On the way we visit walled Bautzen, meet artist Franz Gruss and his dinosaurs and hike in the Elbsandsteingebirge with its table mountains and national park.
[GERMANY.SACHSEN 7463]
'Bend of Tolerance.'
To the sharp observer, a bend halfway up the St Petri Dom is visible. It is the consequence of an expansion for which there wasnt any room. Before it, the cathedral is Protestant, after it Catholic. It has been this way since 1524, when Luthers Reformation revolutionised society. During the thirty-year religious war Germans killed each other in great numbers. In Bautzen, however, the bend created tolerance. Photo Paul Smit. ![Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.SACHSEN 7463] 'Bend of Tolerance.' To the sharp observer, a bend halfway up the St Petri Dom is visible. It is the consequence of an expansion for which there wasnt any room. Before it, the cathedral is Protestant, after it Catholic. It has been this way since 1524, when Luthers Reformation revolutionised society. During the thirty-year religious war Germans killed each other in great numbers. In Bautzen, however, the bend created tolerance. Photo Paul Smit.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/Features/Europe/Germany-Sachsen-Saxony-Around/7463-Dom-St-Petri-Bautzen/16115840_tBYxv-O.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [GERMANY.SACHSEN 7463] 'Bend of Tolerance.' To the sharp observer, a bend halfway up the St Petri Dom is visible. It is the consequence of an expansion for which there wasnt any room. Before it, the cathedral is Protestant, after it Catholic. It has been this way since 1524, when Luthers Reformation revolutionised society. During the thirty-year religious war Germans killed each other in great numbers. In Bautzen, however, the bend created tolerance. Photo Paul Smit.")
[GERMANY.SACHSEN 7463]
'Bend of Tolerance.'
To the sharp observer, a bend halfway up the St Petri Dom is visible. It is the consequence of an expansion for which there wasnt any room. Before it, the cathedral is Protestant, after it Catholic. It has been this way since 1524, when Luthers Reformation revolutionised society. During the thirty-year religious war Germans killed each other in great numbers. In Bautzen, however, the bend created tolerance. Photo Paul Smit.All rights reserved. No permission for reproduction, including copying or saving of digital image files or text, is granted without prior written authorisation from the author.
