Der Berliner Dom by junge1
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Description
The Berliner Dom or Berlin Cathedral has never been a cathedral in the actual sense of the term since it has never been the seat of a bishop.
The current building was constructed for 11.5 million Mark, paid for by the state. It was inaugurated on 27 February 1905.
The Dom is 114 m (374-ft) long, 73 m (240-ft) wide and 116 m (381-ft) tall. It was much larger than any previous building and was considered a Protestant counterweight to St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.
In 1940 the blast waves of Allied bombing blew part of the windows away. On 24 May 1944, a bomb of combustible liquids entered the roof lantern of the Dome. The fire could not be extinguished at that unreachable section of the dome. So the lantern burnt out and collapsed into the main floor. Between 1949 and 1953 a temporary roof was built to enclose the building.
In 1975 reconstruction started, simplifying the building's original design and tearing down the northern wing (the memorial hall). In 1980 the baptistery and wedding church was reopened for services. The restoration of the nave was begun in 1984. On 6 June 1993 the nave was reinaugurated in an event attended by Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl and televised nationwide in Germany (Source: Wikipedia).
This picture was taken on 25 December 2013,
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Comments (31)
ArtistKimberly
Beautiful Shot,
Richardphotos
such beautiful architecture and capture
sandra46
SUPERLATIVE WORK
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
Faemike55
Very beautiful capture and wonderful history lesson
bazza
Awesome looking building, nice capture and info on it. I like the modern sky tower in the bg too.
jocko500
wonderful building
RaykesPictures
Impressive picture and story.
starship64
Fantastic picture.
whaleman
Outstanding shot, and very straight on too! Thanks for the information too.
jayfar
This is a superb architectural shot of this magnificent and imposing building, great info too Sig.
Juliette.Gribnau
awesome building
angora
outstanding pic!! wow!!
SunriseGirl
A very impressive structure. And I agree with bazza the modern tower in the background shows interesting contrast between architectural styles. thanks for sharing the photo and the info.
casmindo
Nice capture and it shows what a great reconstruction project it was
illkirch
Interesting shot
glix70
Wow very nice cathedral and thanks tio the info about it!!! Excellent work!!! :0)
adrie
Beautiful building, excellent photoshot my friend.
photosynthesis
A very impressive piece of architecture & I like your direct, no nonsense frontal view of it...
ontar1
Beautiful building, thank you for the info.
farmerC
Exellent done.
drifterlee
Gorgeous shot. It's a shame war has destroyed so many beautiful things.
flavia49
fabulous image and info
tigertim
Impressive architecture!!.. great photo, especially with that modern tower sneaking in, in the background.. to give a nice contrast in style!
auntietk
Oh man ... what a treasure trove of possible photographs! :) You'd never get me away from there. Fabulous!
JuliSonne
One of my favorite motifs in Berlin. ha ha and the television tower peeping through between. I think you liked it in Berlin. And you could win a lot of new impressions. An imposing architecture. Klasse picture!!! (even if he seems a bit narrow?)
Minda
wow! This is really fabulous capture sig love it..
dakotabluemoon
A magnificent image here dude.
debbielove
Outstanding shot! Brilliant POV, well taken.. Only thing missing, not your fault at all mate, blue sky lol But, tell me about it!' Rob
ia-du-lin
wonderful architecture