19 Februari, 2010

London View

1. Looks like Paris, but these elaborate buildings are from a period called Gründerzeit (founders time of the German Empire) and can still be found in larger numbers in several districts like Charlottenburg.

http://www.panoramio.com/user/1167534
2. A large Synagogue, called the Neue Synagoge. It was nearly destroyed in WWII and rebuilt in the 1980s.

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3. Still inside Berlin, lots of forests ans lakes are part of the city area. This is the Müggelsse.

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4. Even in 2008 there are some buildings in the city centre which are sprankled with bullet holes from WWII. This is next to the Museum island.

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5. The tower belongs to the French Cathedral at the Gendarmenmarkt in the center of the city. Along with the Pariser Platz is shows the lasting Connection to France.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jassy-50/530148643/
6. The Stalinallee (now Karl-Marx-Alle) is a really monumental boulevard in Eastberlin. It was built in the 1950s to demonstrate the superiority of communism over capitalism. The buildings were supposed to be palaces for the working class.

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7. The Frankfurter Tor is a monumental gate-a-like-towers at the former Stalinallee.

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8.Surprisingly colored facade of a high rise building (GSW Hochhaus) from the 1990s

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9. Looks like old Berlin, but the Nikolaiviertel was destroyed in WWII and reconstructed in the 1980s in Eastberlin. If you take a closer look you see the concrete slabs it is made off.

10. A fortress from the late medieval times called the Zitadelle Spandau, I wonder what it protected?

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