When Europe Was Still Young
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When Europe was young, there was no Big Ben, no Eiffel Tower, or even a Arc de Triomphe. There are only small towns, silently experiencing the baptism of artillery fire and the crowning of history. They record everything, everything changed by time. Dresden is the small city that best embodies the German national spirit. It was bombarded by air raids on that breathtaking Valentine's Day morning in 1945, but efforts were made to restore the castle and church on top of the devastated ruins. And before World War II, it became one of the most developed industrial and commercial cities. Görlitz, the location where Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and Quentin Quentin's "Inglourious Basterds" were filmed, presents another Germany to readers. Thousands of old Gothic houses escaped the flames of World War II as if they were favored by the gods. They proudly tell the story of their five-century architectural history from Gothic to Renaissance, Baroque and the German Golden Age in the 19th century as living antiques. No coincidence. Carcassonne, Innsbruck, Coimbra and Inverness... It is these cities that cannot be found on a map without reducing the scale, which make Europe rich and full of life. When Europe was still young, there were so many incredible things.
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