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The Dresdner Frauenkirche ("Church of Our Lady") was built as a Lutheran (Protestant) cathedral, even though Saxony's elector was Catholic. The original baroque church was built between 1726 and 1743 and was designed by Dresden's city architect George Baehr, one of the greatest masters of German Baroque style, who did not live to see the completion of his greatest work.
The Dresden Frauenkirche was destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II and has been reconstructed as a landmark symbol of reconciliation between former warring enemies. The reconstruction of its exterior was completed in 2004, its interior in 2005 and after 13 years of rebuilding, the church was reconsecrated on 30 October 2005 with festive services lasting through the Protestant observance of Reformation Day on 31 October.
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