Historisches Grünes Gewölbe
Baroque treasury of mirrored rooms where gems, gold and bronzes are displayed in the open.
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About this audio guide
The guide to the Historic Green Vault in Dresden's Royal Palace starts with a puzzle: rooms where treasure sits in the open, and thieves who came anyway with something to break. It takes you back to Augustus the Strong and the mirrored treasury he built in the seventeen twenties, then through the bombing of nineteen forty-five and the treasures' long journey to the Soviet Union and home again. Listen standing among the mirrored walls, where the reflections do half the storytelling.
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