Humboldt memorial statue
Tags: Germany Deutschland Berlin capital Hauptstadt city Stadt cityscape architecture Architektur Häuser houses buildings Gebäude Humboldt university Unversität statue memorial Denkmal
© All Rights Reserved
The former guardhouse for the Royal Palace was heavily damaged by bombing and by artillery fire during the Battle of Berlin in the last months of World War II.
From 1957 the East German authorities had the Neue Wache rebuilt and reopened in 1960 as a Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism.
After German reunification, the Neue Wache was again rededicated in 1993 as the Central Memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany for the Victims of War and Tyranny.
At the personal suggestion of the Federal Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl, the East German memorial piece was removed and replaced by an enlarged version of Käthe Kollwitz's sculpture Mother with her Dead Son.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Wache
Tags: Germany Deutschland Berlin capital Hauptstadt city Stadt cityscape architecture Architektur Häuser houses buildings Gebäude Neue Wache guardhouse statue memorial Denkmal victims fascism militarism Käthe Kollwitz sculpture Mother dead son Skultpur Mutter toter Sohn Faschismus Militarismus Opfer
© All Rights Reserved
The Berlin Palace was the main residence of the House of Hohenzollern from 1443 to 1918.
Used for various government functions after the abolition of the monarchy in the 1918 revolution, the palace was damaged during the Allied bombing in World War II, and was demolished by the East German authorities in 1950. In the 1970s, the site became the location of the modernist East German Palace of the Republic (the parliament building of East Germany).
The Palace of the Republic was itself demolished in 2009 and most of the Berlin Palace's exterior was reconstructed beginning in 2013 to house the Humboldt Forum museum. The east façade of the reconstructed palace incorporates a modernist design, while the new interior combines both historicist and modernist elements. Architect Franco Stella oversaw the project and the exterior reconstruction was completed in 2020, with the last decoration being mounted in 2023.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Palace
Tags: Germany Deutschland Berlin capital Hauptstadt city Stadt cityscape architecture Architektur Häuser houses buildings Gebäude palace Schloss Spree Fluss river water Wasser Hohenzollern Palast der Republik Reconstructed wiederaufgebaut Franco Stella
© All Rights Reserved
It is a monumental German Protestant church and dynastic tomb (House of Hohenzollern) on the Museum Island in central Berlin. Having its origins as a castle chapel for the Berlin Palace, several structures have served to house the church since the 15th century. The present collegiate church was built from 1894 to 1905 by order of Emperor William II according to plans by Julius Raschdorff in Renaissance and Baroque Revival styles.
Damaged during the Allied bombing in World War II, the cathedral's original interior was restored by 2002.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Cathedral
Tags: Germany Deutschland Berlin capital Hauptstadt city Stadt cityscape architecture Architektur Häuser houses buildings Gebäude Dom Cathedral Hohenzollern tomb Grablege church Kirche evangelisch protestant cuppola Kuppel
© All Rights Reserved
It is a monumental German Protestant church and dynastic tomb (House of Hohenzollern) on the Museum Island in central Berlin. Having its origins as a castle chapel for the Berlin Palace, several structures have served to house the church since the 15th century. The present collegiate church was built from 1894 to 1905 by order of Emperor William II according to plans by Julius Raschdorff in Renaissance and Baroque Revival styles.
Damaged during the Allied bombing in World War II, the cathedral's original interior was restored by 2002.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Cathedral
Tags: Germany Deutschland Berlin capital Hauptstadt city Stadt cityscape architecture Architektur Häuser houses buildings Gebäude Dom Cathedral Hohenzollern tomb Grablege church Kirche evangelisch protestant cuppola Kuppel
© All Rights Reserved