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Larger Pictures of Castles, Communities and
Regional Highlights
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Berlin and Potsdam
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The Reichstag became
the seat of the German
parliament again after 1990.
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Victoria, the Roman goddes
of Victory, stands atop the
Victory Column (1864-73). |
The Holocaust Memorial
(2003-07) was designed to
produce an uneasy feeling. |
The WW2-damaged spire
of Kaiser Wilhem Church
and its 1959-63 replacement. |
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Berlin State Opera House.
Post-WW2 reconstruction
was completed in 1955.
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The Brandenburg Gate
(from 1791) has become the
popular symbol of Berlin. |
Charlottenburg Palace
(late C17) is the only royal
residence inside Berlin. |
Charlottenburg's gardens
and and grounds rival the
spendour of the palace. |
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Frederick the Great built
Sanssouci in the mid-
1700s
as a summer home. |
Sanssouci's Rococo style
was fitting for a light-hearted
summer retreat. |
Emperor William II built
Cecilienhof in Potsdam
between 1913 and 1917. |
Cecilienhof Palace played
host to the Potsdam
Conference in 1945. |
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Lutherstadt Wittenburg, Leipzig, Erfurt, and
Eisenach
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The Luther House museum
is located in the Wittenburg
monastery where Luther lived. |
Leipzig's Old City Hall, on
the town square, dates
from 1556. |
Leipzig's St. Thomas is
famous as the church were
J.S. Bach worked as cantor. |
Statue of J.S. Bach, choir
director at St.
Thomas
from 1723 to 1750. |
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Mädler Passage, famous
Leipzig
shopping arcade,
dates from
1912-14. |
Cathedral Square in Erfurt,
capital city of Thuringia,
100 km SW of Leipzig. |
Wartburg Castle, over-
looking the town of Eisenach,
dates from 1068. |
Martin Luther's chamber
at Wartburg Castle,
1521-22. |
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Weimar and Dresden
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National Goethe Museum
in Weimar, adjacent to the
poet's 1782-1832 house.
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Bauhaus Museum in Weimar,
the town where the school
first opened in 1919. |
Dresden is the capital of
Saxony, with a long history
as the home of its kings. |
Dresden's Fraunekirche is
an outstanding post-WW2
reconstruction (2005). |
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Dresden's Katholische
Hofkirche (left) and the
Royal Palace (right). |
Zwinger Palace, in central
Dresden, was built
between 1710 and 1728. |
Zwinger Palace was bombed
in 1945. Reconstruction was
completed in 1995. |
Reconstruction of the famous
Semper Opera House
was completed by 1985. |
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The Blue Wonder long-span
bridge was an engineering
marvel when built in 1893. |
The Elbe River flowing
through central Dresden,
as seen from Fraunekirche. |
Elector Augustus the Strong
built Pillnitz Palace on the
Elbe betwen 1720 and 1724. |
Pillnitz palace combines
architecture and landscape
gardening superbly. |
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