Dresden Treasury Reopens Six Decades After Allied Bombings
The restored Green Vault at Dresden's Royal Palace, one of Germany's most celebrated museums, was unveiled more than 60 years after World War II bombs reduced it to rubble.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was one of a number of guests on hand to at the official opening ceremony on Friday.
"This is a meaningful moment for our entire country, and a good day for Europe," she said, accompanied by France's European Minister Catherine Colonna. "More than six decades after its destruction in World War Two, one of Europe's most meaningful vaults has returned to its original location."
The Green Vault -- or grünes Gewölbe, as it is known to Germans -- was founded in 1723 by August II, the prince-elector of Saxony and little-loved king of Poland who collected rare, glittering objects like Johann Melchior Dinglinger's 18th-century jewel-encrusted figurines titled "Court of the Grand Moghul of Delhi" and his "Golden Coffee Set."
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel was one of a number of guests on hand to at the official opening ceremony on Friday.
"This is a meaningful moment for our entire country, and a good day for Europe," she said, accompanied by France's European Minister Catherine Colonna. "More than six decades after its destruction in World War Two, one of Europe's most meaningful vaults has returned to its original location."
The Green Vault -- or grünes Gewölbe, as it is known to Germans -- was founded in 1723 by August II, the prince-elector of Saxony and little-loved king of Poland who collected rare, glittering objects like Johann Melchior Dinglinger's 18th-century jewel-encrusted figurines titled "Court of the Grand Moghul of Delhi" and his "Golden Coffee Set."