Wolfgang Pehnt. Städtebau des Erinnerns
Why is it that people refer to Dresden as "Florence on the Elbe"? And why is the nickname "Venice of the North" claimed by several cities, from Amsterdam, Bruges, and Hamburg, to St. Petersburg and Stockholm? And where will you not find a Rome-whether you're in Constantinople, the so-called new Rome with its seven hills, or in Moscow, which is ...