Berlin Germany
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To the left is the Berliner Dome. This is the largest protestant church in
Berlin. We also saw it in the daylight and walked all the way up to the dome.
The cathedral was started in 1894 and completed in 1905. The building was
severely damaged during the war. The dome was 114 meters high but when rebuilt
it is now only 98 meters high. It was dedicated in 1963. |
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Checkpoint Charlie was one of the allied border crossings in Berlin. The
border crossings were named using the NATO phonetic alphabet Alpha, Bravo,
Charlie and so on. Checkpoint Charle was the one the US manned. There is
also a museum on the Berlin wall here that was very interesting. |
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The other pictures here show the old and the new. To the left is the
presidents estate. Along the bottom are the Philharmonie, Kaiser Wilhelm
Memorial Church and Potsdamer Platz. The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
"the hollow tooth" as it is known symbolizes how Berlin was rebuilt after
the war. The ruins of the old church were left standing and a new church
built next to it. Potsdamer Platz shows an area totally rebuilt after the
war. There are many reminders of the war throughout Berlin and the one I
found most interesting are bricks in the street showing where the Berlin
Wall used to be. |
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