travel42 Port Guide: Dresden

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Called Florence of the North before it was devastated in fire-bomb raids at the end of World War II, Dresden, Germany, is working hard to regain some of its former glory.

Many of its baroque architectural gems dating from a time when the capital of Saxony ruled most of present-day Poland and eastern Germany from the banks of the Elbe River have been restored to their original grandeur, and work on others continues. Today's Dresden is a young university city. Do not miss the New Town across th...