Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Dresden Museum(s)
Dresden has such an interesting history to it. As is with most of Germany, it has constantly been under conflict before and after Germany's reunification in 1871. While there, my colleague Max and I discovered upon black marks on the rooftops of the buildings; we soon realized, that this was not paint but instead it was fire. This fire was caused by the firebombs done by the Americans in 1945. Dresden was a beautiful place that I recommend anyone to go to. The museums housed some of the best clocks, compasses and porcelain.
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The buildings were interesting relics of the destruction that firebombing caused during World War II. Dresden was a surprisingly modern city for a Eastern Bloc city, but some of that stems from these firebombing raids that the United States enforced on the German city. It was very interesting to see the difference, though between the different towns and the countries that influenced their culture and architecture.
ReplyDeleteBack to the museum, it was interesting to see the history of clocks and clock working from the invention of the clock to pendulums and more modern clock work.
ReplyDeleteThe mechanics in some of the clocks blew my mind. Looking inside the 400lb clock, there were so many gears. The planning and creation of this would drive me insane
ReplyDeleteEspecially dealing with those clocks that would not only calculate the time but also the date and the positions of the planets and celestial bodies. I can't even imagine trying to create so etching like that.
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