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Under Criterion III, “The Dresden Elbe Valley contains exceptional testimonies of court
architecture and festivities, as well as renowned examples of middle-class architecture
and industrial heritage representing European urban development into the modern
industrial era.” (and more)
Under Criterion IV, “The Dresden Elbe Valley is an outstanding cultural landscape, an
ensemble that integrates the celebrated baroque setting and suburban garden city into
an artistic whole within the river valley.” (and more)
Under Criterion V, “The Dresden Elbe Valley is an outstanding example of land use,
representing an exceptional development of a major Central European city. The value of
this cultural landscape has long been recognized, but it is now under new pressures for
change.” (and more)
2.4 Conclusion
The unique feature of the “Dresden Elbe Valley” cultural landscape is the symbiosis of
natural landscape, landscape management, land use, urban planning and architecture
which has resulted in the preservation of a continuous landscape area within the city.
The Dresden cityscape, with the River Elbe as an integral feature, is not only imprinted
on our collective memory – in painting and in literature – but also still continues in our
own day to exert a decisive influence on the city’s further development. It was in part a
consequence of the tradition of respect for the urban and natural setting, and of the rich
and diverse valorisation of this setting over many epochs that the Dresden Elbe Valley
was, in July 2004, inscribed in the World Cultural Heritage List as a “continuing cultural
landscape”.
The following discussion will assess whether the special qualities of this cultural
landscape would be impaired by the proposed Waldschlösschen Bridge and whether the
construction of such a bridge would be compatible with the World Heritage definition of
a “continuing cultural landscape”.
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