Plaza
Altmarkt
Historic central market square, home since medieval times to a famous Advent Christmas market.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Altmarkt in Dresden starts with a ceremonial knife and the giant Christmas loaf it cuts each Advent, beside a market that has gathered on this square since the fourteen hundreds. From there it reaches back to Saxon bakers stuck with oil during the Advent fast, and to the letters their rulers sent to Rome. Best heard standing among the Striezelmarkt stalls in December.
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