Blue sky view, to French Cathedral, tourists standing listening to guide, Friedrich Schiller Statue, Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin

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The Gendarmenmarkt is a public square in central Berlin, with French and German Cathedrals either side of the Berlin Concert House and a large statue of the poet Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805), seen here. The French Cathedral, also seen here, built 1701-1705 by the Huguenot Community, is the older of the two churches. The German Cathedral dates to 1708. Towers to both churches were added in 1785. The square, named after a cuirassier regiment 'Gens 'd'Armes' deployed in the square until 1735, was badly damaged in World War 2. The Konzerthaus, dating to 1821, was re-built in 1984. The German Cathedral, destroyed in 1945, was rebuilt after German re-unification in 1989 and finished in 1994.

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Size: 4592px × 3056px
Location: Gendarmenmarkt at Schiller Statue, towards French Cathedral, Berlin, Germany
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
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