von Preußen, Unter den Linden, steht eindrucksvoll über den von ihm als königlicher Bereich und Erweiterung der Residenz geschaffenen "Forum Fridericianum" am Beginn der Lindenallee. A cultural heritage of Berlin, the building has often suffered from the ravages of time and movement. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was installed there but was only inaugurated in 1931 (the authorities waited until the foreign troops had left German soil).

The cathedral organ with more than 7000 pipes is a masterpiece and one of the largest in Germany.It is possible (and highly recommended) to climb the 270 or so steps leading up to the Dome to admire the view of Berlin Mitte.The former Berlin Castle, which was built in 1451 and was the residence of the Hohenzollern family, was bombed during the war and partially destroyed.Seeing it as a symbol of the former aristocracy, the GDR government decided to demolish it and replace it with the Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik), a building of smoked glass, metal and marble in the purest socialist style.After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the building was closed due to asbestos. All rights reserved.

von Preußen, Unter den Linden, steht eindrucksvoll über den von ihm als königlicher Bereich und Erweiterung der Residenz geschaffenen "Forum Fridericianum" am Beginn der Lindenallee. The interior is in the same style and consists of a huge hall crowned by a dome, where international meetings were once held. His vision: to add light, transparency and movement.Originally built in Baroque style, the building was modified to become the house of Frederick II - then Crown Prince (Kronprinz in German). The construction of the Wall in 1961 placed it in the middle of no-man's-land, making it inaccessible. Successively called Platz vor dem Brandenburger Tor then Hindenburgplatz (in honour of former president Paul von Hindenburg), it was renamed to its present name in 2000. Mai 1851, dem 111. The library of the castle having become too small, it could no longer accommodate all the works of the Prussian rulers.The building was heavily damaged by the attacks of the Second World War and was only rebuilt in 1969, the exterior aspects of the original building were respected.Founded in 1809 by Wilhelm von Humboldt, it is the oldest university in Berlin. There are very comfortable rooms and even a swimming pool, it seems!A baroque building inspired by the Viennese court, this magnificent library was built to house the works of Frederick the Great. It is a huge building of austere luxury from the Stalinist era, built after 1945 on the site of the former embassy of the Tsarist Russia.The exterior is rigorously symmetrical and decorated with statues of the heroes and symbols of the working class. The last time it closed for renovation was in 2010, only to reopen 7 years later. Aber wir schauen auch mal über die Landesgrenzen hinaus nach Sachsen. After the Second World War, the badly damaged bridge was restored, and in 1983-1984 the statues that had been removed were reinstalled.Triumphant on Museum Island, the Berliner Dom is Berlin's historic protestant church.

After the Second World War, the building was destroyed to make way for the Foreign Office of the former East Germany. It was only when Prussian troops and the Allies invaded Paris after the fall of Napoleon that it was renamed Pariser Platz, in memory of this triumph over Paris.As a result of air raids and heavy artillery fire during the Second World War, all the buildings around the square were reduced to ashes - only the Brandenburg Gate remained. Die Neue Wache diente bis zum Jahr 1918, dem Ende der Monarchie, als Haupt- und Königswache. It was not until 1997 (90 years after the inauguration of the original) that the hotel was rebuilt. Die monumentale Wirkung im Blickpunkt der Lindenallee und die harmonisch auf die Architektur des Forum Fridericianums abgestimmten Proportionen verleihen dem Reiterstandbild eine herausragende städtebauliche Bedeutung.