Berlin - Schinkel Monument and Berlin Palace by t.ART

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The Schinkel Monument on Schinkelplatz in Berlin's Mitte district commemorates the Prussian master builder Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841). Created by Friedrich Drake in the style of realism, it is one of the works of the Berlin school of sculpture.

The Berlin Palace (colloquially known as the City Palace) is located on the Spree Island in the Historic Center of Berlin. It served from 1443 as the main residence of the Brandenburg electors, Prussian kings and German emperors, and from 1918 as the seat of authorities, art and science institutions. Rebuilt by order of Frederick I according to plans by Andreas Schlüter and Johann Friedrich Eosander in 1698-1713, it was considered a major work of the North German Baroque. The palace was a central building of Berlin and also one of the largest buildings in the city. From the beginning, it shaped the cityscape by its starting position for various view and street axes with its facades, its dimensions and its 70-meter-high dome, which was added in the 19th century.

Partially burned out at the end of World War II in 1945, the palace was blown up in the GDR in 1950, despite international protests, to gain an area for a parade ground, which was later partially built on by the Palace of the Republic. After the private commitment of the Förderverein Berliner Schloss and other initiators, and following a resolution of the German Bundestag, the palace was rebuilt in 2013 to 2020. According to plans by Franco Stella, a new building was created in the dimensions of the palace, which, except for the Spree side, shows reconstructions of the palace facades on its outer sides and in two courtyards.