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Yenidze is the name of a former cigarette factory building . It was built between 1907 and 1909 and is used today as an office building. "Yenidze" was the name of a tobacco company started by the Jewish entrepreneur Hugo Zietz, which imported tobacco from Ottoman Yenidze, Thrace. The "Oriental" style of architecture publicised the origin of the tobacco. It has 600 windows of various styles; the dome is 20 metres high.The architect Martin Hammitzsch designed the building in 1907. It has large, colored dome chimneys which resemble minarets. It is a unique historical feature of the city of Dresden.Because it is an unusual architectural monument for the city, the building was restored in 1996 and is now an office building.
All images © Hugh Rooney 2009