Frauenkirche, Dresden

Dresden's great baroque church, with its stone dome, collapsed after the bombing of the city in February 1945 and lay as a pile of rubble for nearly 50 years as a war memorial. It was rebuilt from 1994 to 2005, using many of the original blackened stones, and its new golden cross was made by the son of a British airman who bombed the city.

The bright interior is free to visit outside services; climb the dome for a view over the 'Florence on the Elbe'. The Zwinger palace, the Semper Opera and the Green Vault treasury are nearby.