Tens of thousands of people gathered for a glitzy array of festivities in the eastern German city of Chemmitz on Saturday as it took over the mantle of European Capital of Culture. Under the motto "C ...
In the formerly communist East Germany, it was called Karl-Marx-Stadt ... and Gorizia (Italy) as a Cultural Capital of Europe. A good place to start is the Villa Esche, an Art Nouveau mansion ...
it was supposed to serve only until Germany was reunified and Berlin restored as the rightful capital. In fact, its provisional character became a symbol of West Germans’ refusal to acquiesce in ...