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The Berlin Wall divided the East from the West for over 25 years. While
not much remains of the wall, the little that does, such as the Berliner
Mauer Memorial, the East Side Gallery and the remnants found along
the Berlin Wall Trail (Mauerweg), are hugely significant (see p64).

S p r e e L U I S E N S T R A S S E F R I E D R I C H - S T R A S S E
U N T E R D E N L I N D E N SCHLOSS- S p r e e The Reichstag is a vast, Neo-
PLATZ Renaissance building, designed
S T R A S S E D E S 1 7 J U N I in 1884 by Paul Wallot. It now
GROSSER features an elliptical dome,
STERN
WESTERN CENTRE EASTERN CENTRE which was designed in the
(See pp86–97) (See pp70–85) 1990s by Sir Norman Foster
(see p97).
POTSDAMER- L E I P Z I G E R S T R A S S E
PLATZ
Landwehrkana l
K O C H S T R A S S E

KURFÜRSTENDAMM K U R F Ü R S T E N S T R S T R E S E M A N N S T R A S S E

Landwe h r kanal

The imposing Neo-Classical
Brandenburg Gate stands at the end of
Unter den Linden. It is crowned with a 6-m
(20-ft) high sculpture of the Roman
Quadriga driven by Victoria, the goddess
of victory (see p73).

The Jüdisches Museum (Jewish Museum)
is housed in a building designed by Daniel
Libeskind. It features a symbolic projection
of a broken Star of David (see p84).

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