Berlin Through the Ages

The St. Nicholas’ Church Museum is recognizable by the twin spires that rise above the surrounding medieval-style streets of the Nikolai Quarter. As the oldest church building in Berlin, its foundations date back to approximately…

The Berlin Cathedral is defined by a massive central dome that rises ninety-eight meters above the city. Completed in nineteen oh five under Emperor Wilhelm the Second, this monumental church was designed by Julius Raschdorff in a…

The Brandenburg Gate is a sandstone structure defined by twelve Doric columns that create five distinct passageways. Completed in seventeen ninety-one, it was commissioned by King Frederick William the Second as a monumental entrance to…

The Topography of Terror is recognizable by the long, exposed segment of the Berlin Wall that borders the site along Niederkirchnerstraße. This location serves as an indoor and outdoor documentation center, built directly upon the former…

At the intersection of Friedrichstraße and Zimmerstraße sits a small, white wooden guardhouse and a series of sandbags that mark the location of Checkpoint Charlie. During the Cold War, this was the most famous of the border crossings…

The Berlin Wall Memorial is marked by a seventy-meter-long section of original border fortifications, including a watchtower and the cleared ground of the former death strip. This site on Bernauer Strasse preserves the physical reality of…

The Bösebrücke is a riveted steel arch bridge spanning the railway lines that once separated East and West Berlin. Opened in nineteen sixteen, it was originally named the Hindenburgbrücke but was renamed in nineteen forty-eight for Wilhelm…