Alter Katholischer Friedhof (Dresden)
Baroque-era Catholic burial ground with Permoser sculpture and the grave of composer Weber.
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This guide to the Alter Katholischer Friedhof in Dresden goes back to the early seventeen twenties, when the Saxon court was full of Catholic performers in a Protestant town: Italian comedians, French dancers, court musicians and Bohemian choirboys. It asks where the people who entertained a king could be buried, and follows the lists, rules and quiet funerals that answered it. Best heard just inside the gate, before you set off along the paths.
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