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buildings (berlin)

When looking through my photographs of Berlin, I decided to put together this collection of photographs called “buildings” because I had so many different shots on our walk from the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (featured below) all the way down Unter der Linden to Alexanderplatz in Mitte.

You can see the Fernsehturm, or “television tower” at Alexanderplatz in the distance…

In this photograph you can see 3 important buildings – the Reichstag on the left, the Brandenburger Tor in the middle and the US Embassy in Berlin on the right…

Again, the Reichstag in the distance…

And the Brandenburger Tor…

The Museum of the Kennedys, located at Pariser Platz 4a…

A few shots taken walking down Unter den Linden…

This is a view of he Bebelplatz, taken from Unter den Linden with the State Opera to the left, St. Hedwig’s Cathedral straight ahead and the Alte Bibliothek of the Humboldt University law faculty to the right…

Details of the Alte Bibliothek of the Humboldt University law faculty…

Here’s a view of the TV tower with buildings of the Humboldt University of Berlin in the foreground…

This is the Berliner Dom, or “Berlin Cathedral,” consecrated in 1454 as Roman Catholic  St. Erasmus Chapel. See the website for church services and tours.

Finally the TV Tower at Alexanderplatz!

And we ended the day at the wonderful Mexican restaurant Dolores, located at Rosa-Luxemburg-str. 7, for delicious “California gourmet burritos.” We sat outside at a picnic table with other students, and when I looked up this was my view…

See other posts of Berlin: weekend #17Berlin (Favorites), Berlin (Checkpoint Charlie), Berlin (Street Corners), Berlin (East Side Gallery), Berlin (Friedrichshain) and Berlin (City by Bike).