Dresden - Blaues Wunder


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Dresden - Blaues Wunder

Fuk kuong - Fri 13 June 04.00
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Blue Wonder (Ger. Blaues Wunder) is the commonly used name for the Loschwitz Bridge (Ger. Loschwitzer Brücke), a cantilever truss bridge over the Elbe river in the German city of Dresden. It connects Dresden-Blasewitz and Dresden-Loschwitz, two villa quarters, once the most expensive living area in Europe. The bridge was completed in 1893; in the 19th century it was a masterpiece of technology to build a bridge of this length without pillars supporting it. Today its technology is less of a wonder but it is a much-loved symbol of the city. The "blue" in the name comes from the colour of the bridge. The saying goes that the bridge was originally painted green, but that the weather (or some say the sun) turned the bridge blue.The river under the bridge is the home of the world's biggest paddle steamer fleet, the surrounding area of the Elbe meadows (19.3 km²) were declared to be a cultural world heritage by the UNESCO in 2004.
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