One of the most famous monuments in Berlin is the Brandenburg Gate. This monument is located a few meters away from the downed Berlin Wall, a structure that not only in the city of Berlin, but also the world, divided people into opposing ideologies. There are still some areas up, and they now serve to symbolize the reunification of Germany.
From the Brandenburg Gate, we have Unter den Linden, the main boulevard of the city. This starts at the square on the east side of the Brandenburg Gate, where the art academy, the famous Adlon Hotel and the French Embassy are located. From the square it is 1.5 km east to the so-called Scholossbrücke (bridge) which connects the Museum Island in central East Berlin, where we can go to Alexanderplatz.
Alexanderplatz is located in the historic center of East Berlin, where the communist GDR government clearly has left its stamp on. Near the square is the television tower (Fernsehturm) of 368m high, almost from anywhere in the city can be admired. The tower was built in 1960 and has a panoramic restaurant swirling around and in the shape of a circle from which there is a wide panoramic view of the city.
Near Alexanderplatz is full of monuments and grand old buildings, squares and all sorts of shopping. Among these monuments are the Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom) and the Town Hall (Rotes Rathaus), the most notable thing is that both buildings have distinctive architecture. The Catholic cathedral in Berlin, dedicated to St. Hedwig, is somewhat further down the Unter den Lindenlaan just between the Opera House (one of three of the town), and the building known as the Kommode.
On the other side of town, in the heart of West Berlin, is the Potsdamer Platz, in the '20s one of the most popular places in all of Europe. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall the square was to become part of a huge construction project, where today many modern skyscrapers and shopping malls are located in the new area Berlin.
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