Dresden

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<p><b>Dresden</b> is the capital city of the <a href="/pages/w/107955482571456">Free State of Saxony</a> in <a href="/pages/w/108100019211318">Germany</a>. It is situated in a valley on the River <a href="/pages/w/109499805742877">Elbe</a>, near the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_republic" class="wikipedia">Czech border</a>. The Dresden <a href="/pages/w/138470712844874">conurbation</a> is part of the <a href="/pages/w/223703131003412">Saxon Triangle</a> metropolitan area with 2.4 million inhabitants.</p><p>Dresden has a long history as the capital and royal residence for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince-Elector" class="wikipedia">Electors</a> and <a href="/pages/w/138210362874686">Kings of Saxony</a>, who for centuries furnished the city with cultural and artistic splendor. The city was known as the Jewel Box, because of its <a href="/pages/w/112297422115141">baroque</a> and <a href="/pages/w/103714963000257">rococo</a> city center. The controversial British and American <a href="/pages/w/144121482264777">bombing of Dresden in World War II</a> towards the end of the war killed approximately 25,000, many of whom were civilians, and destroyed the entire city center. The bombing gutted the city, as it did for other major German cities. After the war restoration work has helped to reconstruct parts of the historic inner city, including the <a href="/pages/w/225168344331403">Katholische Hofkirche</a>, the <a href="/pages/w/105914986113992">Semper Oper</a> and the <a href="/pages/w/131816070187197">Dresdner Frauenkirche</a> as well as the suburbs.</p><p>Before and since <a href="/pages/w/114766685206619">German reunification</a> in 1990, Dresden was and is a cultural, educational, political and economic center of Germany and Europe. The <a href="/pages/w/105700156131646">Dresden University of Technology</a> is one of the 10 largest universities in Germany and part of the <a href="/pages/w/112806052101871">German Universities Excellence Initiative</a>.</p>

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