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Mendelssohn's orchestra still exists, but the concert hall is new. Inside is a huge painting by Sighard Gille, visible through the windows from Augustusplatz.
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City-Hochhaus, Uniriese
Leipzig's highest building has a restaurant and an observation platform at its top with a great view over the town.
The opera house of Leipzig. Though the building was opened in 1960, the company looks back at more than 300 years of history.
Leipzig's largest church. Starting point for the peaceful revolution on October 9, 1989, when 600 Socialist Unity Party members, who were sent to break up the protest, joined the protesters. Every Monday at 17:00 since 1982, the church holds peace prayers.