Location: Dresden
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Top 5 Sacred & Religious Sites in Dresden, Saxony
On the banks of the lovely Elbe River, the German city of Dresden is lush and green, filled with forests and gardens and parks. The city is rich with cultural and artistic history; the great operatic composer Wilhelm Wagner debuted a number of works here in the 1800s and, today, an independent light opera company keeps the classical art form modern and fresh. Culture vultures will love the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister and Grünes Gewölbe museums, and architecture buffs will salivate over the mélange of styles reflected in the cityscape.
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1. Church of the Holy Cross
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4.5 based on 393 reviews
Reviewed By DaleCheshire
The church is worth visiting anyway (we didn't go up the tower) as it is a lovely tranquil space (and one of the few things open during our time there). Part of the church's mission is to foment Protestant-Jewish relations and, as part of this, they had a very interesting and historically accurate temporary exhibition on antisemitism in Germany and the Soviet Union, which also highlighted the role that the Jewish people have played in progressive movements. The best exhibition see for historical accuracy and contexts in the whole of our 3-week stay in Germany (including the numerous exhibitions in Berlin).
2. Synagoge Dresden
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4.0 based on 31 reviews
Reviewed By Omeath
The former synagogue at the exit of the “ Bruelsche Garden” had been destroyed by the Nazi regime during the “ Reichskristallnacht”.Thus synagogue had been designed by Gottfried Semper. The new synagogue was inaugurated on November 2001– this outstanding “ holy place” received the “ World Architecture Award” as an exemplary piece of architecture”. Hopefully, this unique piece of architecture will successfully contribute to a “ meeting place” of a Jewish community having undergone the extermination policy of the Nazi regime— and now unfortunately being confronted with a wave of antisemitism in a town which should undertake everything possible to overcome racism and antisemitism. On the way from the Bruelsche Terrace to the Synagogue you pass a stele remembering the pogrom night of November 9, 1938:the beginning of the organized massacre of the Jews by the Nazi regime in and outside Germany( by pillaging and looting their property and set afire synagogues—a date Germans should remember and never forget how much harm they did to the Jewish population). This synagogue for “ me” a sacred place I return regularly.
3. Haus der Kirche - Dreikoenigskirche
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4.0 based on 20 reviews
