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| 2488 Berlin: 1. Siegessäule (Victory Column); 2. Art Deco stairs; 3. A view with new buildings; 4. Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate); 5. River Spree; 8. Reichstagsgebäude (Reichstag Building); |
Posted on 24.12.2012, 25.04.2016
First documented in the 13th century, Berlin was the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1417-1701), the Kingdom of Prussia (1701-1918), the German Empire (1871-1918), the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) and the Third Reich (1933-1945). After WWII was divided into East Berlin (the capital of East Germany) and West Berlin (a West German exclave), and following the German reunification in 1990 it regained the status as the capital of Germany. In the 1920s it was the third largest municipality in the world, and now, with a population of 3.5 million people, is the second most populous city in the European Union, after London.
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| 0428 Berlin: 1. Konzerthaus Berlin; 2. Unter den Linden; 3. Rotes Rathaus (Red Town Hall); 4. Schloss Bellevue (Bellevue Palace); 5 Reichstagsgebäude (Reichstag Building); 6. A view with new buildings; 7. Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral); 8. Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate). |
Because is situated in an area of low-lying marshy woodlands with a mainly flat topography, on both sides of the River Spree, which empties into the River Havel in its westernmost borough, around one third of the Berlin's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes. Of course that the history has left the city with a highly eclectic array of architecture and buildings, its appearance today being predominantly shaped by the key role it played in Germany's history in the 20th century.
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