Dresden
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| # The capital city of the [[German]] Federal State of [[Saxony]]. | # The capital city of the [[German]] Federal State of [[Saxony]]. | ||
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| + | Dresden is seeking to regain the kind of cultural importance it held from the 19th century until the 1920s, when it was a centre of art, architecture and music. During that period, famous artists such as [[Ernst Ludwig Kirchner]], [[Otto Dix]], [[Oskar Kokoschka]], [[Richard Strauss]], [[Gottfried Semper]] and [[Gret Palucca]] were active in the city. Dresden is also home to several important art collections, world-famous musical ensembles, and significant buildings from various architectural periods, many of which were rebuilt after the destruction of the Second World War. | ||
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Dresden is seeking to regain the kind of cultural importance it held from the 19th century until the 1920s, when it was a centre of art, architecture and music. During that period, famous artists such as Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Dix, Oskar Kokoschka, Richard Strauss, Gottfried Semper and Gret Palucca were active in the city. Dresden is also home to several important art collections, world-famous musical ensembles, and significant buildings from various architectural periods, many of which were rebuilt after the destruction of the Second World War.
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