This beautiful city was 70% destroyed by Allied bombing during WWII because of its importance as the Nazi rally center. It was painstakingly rebuilt brick by brick in exactly the same style. Our guide would point out which parts of buildings were new and which were original. Some of the rebuilt sections were done with original materials. The Germans became so expert at this process that it was they who were called upon to reconstruct the famous Buddhas of Bamiyan when the Taliban destroyed them.
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