The magnificent regal city of Dresden is a city that carves its presence in your eyes. Rightfully given the sobriquet, 'Elbflorenz' (Florence on the Elbe), Dresden is a calm yet breathtaking settlement on the banks of the Elbe river. Victim of the allied bombings during the end of World War II, most of the city center was destroyed, but the city was rebuilt and restored with great persistence by the people of Dresden. The spacious capital city of Saxony was nicknamed 'Jewel Box' because of its abundance of baroque and rococo styled art and architecture. It remains a city that has lived through a golden age, although the glitches of the war not forgotten, it continues to mesmerize visitors with its uniquely vibrant modern yet significant past.