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Top 10 Events
1 1573
Elector Johann Georg
has a bridle path built,
linking the Stadtschloss
and Tiergarten
2 1647
During the Great Elector’s
reign, the road is
planted with “Linden”
(lime trees)
3 From 1740
Frederick the Great has
grand buildings erected
4 1806
Napoleon marches
along Unter den Linden
5 1820
The road becomes a
grand boulevard
6 1928
Unter den Linden and
Friedrichstraße epitomize
the world city
7 1933
Troops celebrate
Hitler’s victory
8 1945
The avenue is razed to
the ground
9 1948–53
Revival of the street
0 October 1989
Demonstrations lead to
the fall of East German
regime
Zeughaus Unter
den Linden
Originally the royal arsenal,
the Zeughaus was built in
1706 in the Baroque style
according to plans by
Johann Arnold Nering. It
is an impressive structure,
with its main and side
wings surrounding an
historical central courtyard
that is protected by a
modern glass cupola roof. Especially
memorable are Andreas Schlüter’s figures
of 22 dying warriors, lined up along the
arcades in the courtyard. They portray vividly
the horrors of war.
A cone-shaped glass annex, erected by
the Chinese-born architect Ieoh Ming Pei in
2001 for special exhibitions and temporary
shows, stands behind the museum.
The permanent exhibition in the main
historical building includes a collection enti-
. tled “Images and Testimonials of German
History”. Highlighting the most important
periods and events in the history of the
country, the displays include a surprising
variety of exhibits dating back to the days of
the early Medieval German Empire through
the period of the Reformation and the Thirty
Years’ War as well as the wars of Liberation
and the failed Revolution of 1848, right up
to the two World Wars and more recent
events of the 20th century.
The opening of the Reichstag in the White Salon of Berlin Schloss on 25 June 1888
Deutsches Historisches Museum: www.dhm.de
Schlüter’s “Dying
Warrior”
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