Baroque Church, Frauenkirche, Rebuilt
A ceremony is being held in the German city of Dresden to consecrate the Church of our Lady which was destroyed by Allied bombing during World War II.
The charred remains of the Frauenkirche were left for decades by East Germany’s communist authorities. Its reconstruction began after German reunification, partly financed by private donors in Britain and the US.
Sunday’s ceremony is being attended by representatives from around the world – including the Duke of Kent.
The baroque sandstone dome of the reconstructed Frauenkirche dominates the Dresden skyline, and now the church is being consecrated.
It is the end of a story that began on a cold night in February 1945, when Allied bombers carried out one of the most notorious air raids of World War II.
Source: BBC.
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