Dresden’s Frauenkirche stands today as a monument to the recovery of this beautiful city and the resilience of its people. I was certainly blown away when I saw it after its restoration.
Originally built as a Roman Catholic Church, Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) became Protestant (Lutheran) at the time of the reformation. The beautiful 18th century church was destroyed by the Allied bombing and resultant fires of 13-15th February 1945. While Germany was divided, the East German government left the site as a reminder of WWII. After the reunification of Germany, in 1989 plans were revived to reconstruct the church, with painstaking re-use of many of the stones which had been carefully stored and labelled. The church was reopened in 2005. A more complete history can be found here.
In this week’s challenge, we were asked to provide our take on a monument (broadly defined). We were even encouraged to “blow us away with your take on the monumental.blow us away with your take on the monumental.” The entries by many other challenged photographers worldwide can be found here at The Daily Post.