Berliner Dom

Berliner Dom by night

The Berliner Dom or Berlin Cathedral in Berlin, Germany was built between 1895 and 1905 facing the Lustgarten and the Berlin City Palace). ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x750, 153 KB) en: Description: Berliner Dom - forefront de: Beschreibung: Berliner Dom - Vorderfront Source: photo taken by de:User:Ameins on 2003-08-10 Comments: Original Upload in german Wikipedia was done by de:User:Ameins File links The following pages... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x750, 153 KB) en: Description: Berliner Dom - forefront de: Beschreibung: Berliner Dom - Vorderfront Source: photo taken by de:User:Ameins on 2003-08-10 Comments: Original Upload in german Wikipedia was done by de:User:Ameins File links The following pages... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1675 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1675 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see Berlin (disambiguation). ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Lustgarten, Germany is situated on the banks of the River Spree and crowned by two of Berlins most impressive buildings - the Altes Museum and Berliner Dom - the Lustgarten is one of the most atmospheric spots in the city. ... Berliner Stadtschloss in a 19th century painting Stadtschloss in the 1920s The Berlin City Palace (German: Berliner Stadtschloss) was a palace in central Berlin, on Schlossplatz, next to Alexanderplatz. ...

The first church built near here in 1465 was the court chapel for the Hohenzollern family within the castle complex. Later the church of the Dominican Order (Schwarze Brüder), located at the south side of the Castle was used as first cathedral. The First church at this site was a Baroque cathedral by Johann Boumann, which was completed in 1747 and later remodelled in the classicist style in 1822 by the Berlin architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Events July 13 - Battle of Montlhéry Troops of King Louis XI of France fight inconclusively against an army of the great nobles organized as the League of the Public Weal. ... The House of Hohenzollern is a German dynasty of electors, kings, and emperors of Prussia, Germany, and Romania. ... Laudare, Benedicere, Praedicare Saint Dominic saw the need for a new type of organization to address the needs of his time, one that would bring the dedication and systematic education of the older monastic orders to bear on the religious problems of the burgeoning population of cities, but with more... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint. ... A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Anglican, Catholic and some Lutheran churches, which serves as the central church of a diocese, and thus as a bishops seat. ... // Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape... Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for classical antiquity as setting standards for taste which the classicist seeks to emulate. ... 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Old Museum in Berlin Karl Friedrich Schinkel (March 13, 1781 - October 9, 1841) was a German architect and painter. ...

On German Emperor Wilhelm II's order, this domed building was demolished in 1894 and replaced by the current Cathedral designed by Julius Raschdorff. 114 m long, 73 m wide and 116 m tall, it was much larger than any of the previous buildings and was considered a Protestant counterweight to the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Wilhelm II of Prussia and Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern (January 27, 1859 - June 4, 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and the last King (König) of Prussia from 1888 - 1918. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... According to tradition, Peter was crucified upside-down, as shown in this painting by Caravaggio. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC (mythical), early 1st millennium BC (archaeological) Region Latium Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ...

During the Second World War, the building was bombed by the Allies and severely damaged. A temporary roof was installed to protect what remained of the interior and in 1975 reconstruction started. The restoration of the interior was begun in 1984 and in 1993 the church reopened. During reconstruction, the original design was modified into a more simple form, less tall. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... When spelt with a capital A, Allies usually denotes the countries supporting the Triple Entente who fought together against the Central Powers in World War I and against the Axis Powers in World War II. For more information, see the related articles: Allies of World War I and Allies of... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

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