Detail of the German Reichstag: The main entrance is decorated by columns and the inscription "Dem deutschen Volke". Berlin 2005

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Detail of the German Reichstag: The main entrance is decorated by columns and the inscription "Dem deutschen Volke" - for the German people. Berlin 2005, Germany. --- HGW DE053213 RIGHTS PROTECTION AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. The Reichstag building, the seat of the Bundestag or German Parliament, was originally built in 1884-1894 to plans by Paul Wallot, but was destroyed in the Reichstag fire of February 1933. The modern renovation by Sir Norman Foster took place in 1994-1999. It is the new cupola on the roof of the Reichstag that attracts so many visitors. The 800 ton steel and glass accessible structure has a forty meter high viewing platform that can be reached by traversing two spiral ramps.

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