. Europe and other continents . m (Fig. 196), the German Versailles, in whichare located several royal palaces. 294 EUROPE Interior Cities near Berlin. — Among the cities not farfrom Berlin is Leipzig, the fourth largest in the is situated at the junction of two small streams at apoint where roads from the highland meet those from thelowland. Formerly it was a centre for wagon roads,and now it has naturally become a railway centre. Owingto its favorable position, Leipzig is, next to Berlin, the most importanttrade centre ofGermany. Oneof its leadingarticles of com-merce is fur. Itis
. Europe and other continents . m (Fig. 196), the German Versailles, in whichare located several royal palaces. 294 EUROPE Interior Cities near Berlin. — Among the cities not farfrom Berlin is Leipzig, the fourth largest in the is situated at the junction of two small streams at apoint where roads from the highland meet those from thelowland. Formerly it was a centre for wagon roads,and now it has naturally become a railway centre. Owingto its favorable position, Leipzig is, next to Berlin, the most importanttrade centre ofGermany. Oneof its leadingarticles of com-merce is fur. Itis the seat of anoted univer-sity, and a cen-t r e for theGerman book-trade. Dresden,southeast ofLeipzig, isnoted for its artmuseum (), which ri-vals the Louvreof Paris. Thebeautiful Dresden china is made in this vicinity, and inrecent years much manufacturing has developed, for Dres-den is situated on a navigable river and has coal near athand. It is, moreover, the capital of Saxony, the mostdensely settled German Fig. German residence.
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