Frauenkirche

The first thing we went to see in Dresden was the Frauenkirche. This church was bombed and destroyed during WWII and was a famous landmark/symbol of Dresden before the war. There apparently was a lot of controversy around whether or not to rebuild the church, but it has been rebuilt. The church is unique in that it is mostly circular and has a very tall circular tower. People started raising funds to restore the Baroque style church in 1990 and I think it just got completed this year. I have to say, the views from the top of the tower are pretty nice. We didn't get into the actual church so I can't say what it looked like but from the tower it looked "new" to me...