Frauenkirche re-consecrated in Dresden

[ghost of miles]

The church in 1990, still in ruins from the 1945 Allied bombing:

Photos of the church today after being restored in the link below, along with the story:

Landmark German church rises from the ashes

[Claude]

Here's a large picture gallery:

http://www.fk-dd.de/weihe/galerie_pressebilder/

1933:

After the war:

2005:

[BruceH]

An amazing restoration job! Better late than never.

[Jim Alfredson]

Gee, it's just a wee bit better looking than this monstrosity in my city:

Seriously, who would be inspired to go there? Yay, another ugly, boxy, metal-roofed chunk of ugly for a church. You should see the inside, too.

[ghost of miles]

Yeah, I'm none too inspired by many of the modern, McDonaldized churches that I've seen. There's a beautiful old brick one down the street from where we now live... I'm tempted to go sometimes, even though I'm not a Methodist, just because I like the building. I'd be interested in seeing pictures of contemporary churches that are really well-done--there must be some nice ones out there.

[mikeweil]

This is one of the most beautiful achievements of baroque architects. I witnessed the re-consecration ceremony during it live TV broadcast - it was a very moving one, a demonstration of reconciliation beyond comparison.

They had a camera suspende from the roof inside, giving a unique view on the participants moving on the organically conceived basic structure - fantastic.

I was there when they just had started to sort out the rocks, and was skeptical whether it merited the gigantic spending, but now that I see the results and the message delivered by all who helped - simply great! I look forward to visiting it in the years to come, the acoustics must be fantastic. I was there two years ago but couldn't get in ...