More Beautiful Dresden

Here are the pics from the rest of our day spent in Dresden. It was fun to wander here and imagine the history, especially after the bombing. All these buildings were reconstructed.

It’s fun to be here Easter weekend.

Take a look at the wall on the left–it’s a royal chronology of Dresden, beautiful depicted on the side of the building. It was spectacular! It looks like a tapestry.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The Fürstenzug (English: Procession of Princes) in Dresden, Germany, is a large mural of a mounted procession of the rulers of Saxony. It was originally painted between 1871 and 1876 to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Wettin Dynasty, Saxony’s ruling family. In order to make the work weatherproof, it was replaced with approximately 23,000 Meissen porcelain tiles between 1904 and 1907. With a length of 102 metres (335 ft), it is known as the largest porcelain artwork in the world. The mural displays the ancestral portraits of the 35 margraves, electors, dukes and kings of the House of Wettin between 1127 and 1904.

The Fürstenzug is located on the outer wall of the Stallhof (Stables Courtyard) of Dresden Castle.

This funny art installation was set up below.

Walking along this mural led to this plaza where a demonstration was happening around us.

Today was a warm day, in the 70s, and so people were out and about and the ice cream shops did a good business!

Here’s another beautiful church we found open–the Dresden Catholic Hofkirche Cathedral. It was so beautiful inside, filled particularly with artwork depicting the crucifixion and resurrection. Perfect for our Easter weekend. Sadly, there were so few coming to worship here today.