The Church of Our Lady was destroyed in 1945. It's recontruction began
in 1993
For two centuries, the stone
dome of the Church of Our Lady formed the crown of the city of Dresden's magnificent
silhouette. On February 25, 1945, it collapsed at about 10 o'clock. In teh two
previous days, the city centre of Dresden had perished in the firestorm of the
Second World War.
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The world was deprived of an ingenious edifice. To the Christians it was
the most perfect church of Protestanism and to the inhabitants of Dresden and
their friends, it formed the crown of their image of the city.
The immediate neighbourhood
of the most importent Protestant church edifice in Germany just as well as the
Catholic court church built shortly afterwards is the expression of Saxon liberalism
and tolerance. Tolerenz: This means respecting and accepting different persons
and those who think differntly. So, we can say rebuilting it also stands for foundations
of our public life and for reconciliation and understanding among the nations.
Reconstruction began
after archaeologists cleaned the ruins of rubble in 1993 to 1994
Reconstructing the Church of Our Lady true to the original is one of the most
exciting architectural adventure of the present day. |
Make the Church of
Our Lady your own personal edifice. You help with the reconstruction of the Church
of the Our Lady when you acquire one of these uniquire relief images made of 925/000
Sterling silver from a limited first edition of altogether 400 pieces including
a certificate.
Three design of the relief portrait of the
Church of Our Lady with a certificate. |