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| Residenz (on left) & Tower
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| Residenz Courtyard
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| Residenz Courtyard
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| Electoral Sword of Friedrich the Belligerent. ~1420
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Armor of Duke Heinrich the Pious ~1520
(With chain he was to be hanged by)
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| Parade Shield, 16th c
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| Ornate rolling-ball clock
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| New green Room: Assorted wonders
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| Throne of the Grand Moghul, 1708
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| The Dresden Green Diamond (41 carats)
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| Augustus the Strong
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| Grand State Room
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| Three-Masted Ottoman tent, 17th c
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| Jousting armor
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| Jousting visor + shield + leg armor
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| Parade armor made for Eric XIV of Sweden, 1563.
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| Another grand State Room
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| Procession of Princes
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| Procession of Princes: The Beginning
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| Many Duke Electors of Saxony
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| Procession of Princes: The Modern Age
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| Semperoper Opera House
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| Schlossplatz: Trinity Cathedral
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| Schlossplatz: Georgentor Gate
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| Zwinger palace
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| Zwinger: Giant interior courtyard, under rennovation
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| Frauenkirche Dresden
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| Luther statue at Frauenkirche
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| Frauenkirche interior
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| Frauenkirche interior
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| Academy of Fine Arts
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| Late remnants of Christmas Market
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| The mighty Elbe is overflowing
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| Dresden center, from across the Elbe
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| Golden statue of Augustus I
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| Monument to the Battle of the Nations
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| Oddly discreet entrance door
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| View from the top
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| View to nearby castle-like crematorum
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St Nicholas Church
Famous for 1989 peaceful protests
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Memorial to "09 Oktober 1989"
Modeled on one of the church pillars
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| St Nicholas rear view
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| St Nicholas Church interior
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| Leipzig Altes Rathaus
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| Altes Rathaus Tower
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| St. Thomas Church
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| J S Bach statue
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| Nues Rathaus (1905)
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| Federal Administrative Court
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| Frankfurt Skyline, from Le Méridien
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| Euro symbol, outside European Central Bank
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| Former IG Farben HQ (1930), now Goethe University
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| Restored Römerberg Square
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| The Kaiserdom (Frankfurt Cathedral)
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| Kaiserdom, March 1944
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| Kaiserdom interior
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| Entry vestibule to Electoral Chapel
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Electoral Chapel
Where the HRE Emperors were elected
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I greatly enjoyed viewing and riding in the Paternoster Elevator in Fleming’s Select Hotel Frankfurt City.
Note that it only runs at selected hours. Due to an error on my part, I was briefly stuck between floors when it was turned off!
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Paternoster Elevator
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| The view from the inside
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| Helpful diagram. Yes, it is safe to ride over the top!
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| View of transmission, going over the top
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| "Last floor! It is safe to continue!"
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| Going under the bottom
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Due to my own silliness, I was briefly stuck between floors.
Fortunately I was spotted and rescued a few minutes later.
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Czechia
