Wolfgang Pehnt. Städtebau des Erinnerns
Pehnt, Wolfgang / Holt, Neil
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 known as "the third Rome"? It really becomes interesting when cities that model themselves after citi...