Berlin’s stunning Government Buildings. Straddling the river Spree in a dramatic, continuous, strip design, called the Federal Ribbon.

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The government buildings in the heart of Berlin form a ribbon across the river Spree, symbolically connecting East and West. The parliamentary offices and the chancellery were built after the wall came down in 1989, when the country’s seat of government was moved from Bonn to Berlin. The commission for the overall concept was awarded to the architects Axel Schultes and Charlotte Frank. The Paul-Löbe-Haus and Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus were designed by Stefan Braunfels. The GPS formats of these shots is 52°31'" N 13°22'" E

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Size: 5441px × 8161px
Location: Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, Adele-Schreiber-Krieger-Straße 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Photo credit: © Colin Walton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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