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Unter den Linden - Along Unter den Linden

A boulevard running between Marx–Engels Platz and the Brandenburg Gate, in the heart of present-day Berlin, Germany. Formerly a stately avenue lined with lime trees and historic buildings, much of its character was destroyed during World War 2.

Unter den Linden (in English: Under the Lindens), is a street in the centre of Berlin, the capital of Germany.

Unter den Linden is at the heart of the historic section of Berlin dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Along Unter den Linden

The eastern end of the Unter den Linden, at the Schlossbrücke (Castle Bridge), with the Fernsehturm (television tower) and the Berliner Dom in the distance.

Looking west along Unter den Linden from the Schlossbrücke.

The Berlin State Opera, one of many public buildings in the classical style along the Unter den Linden.

The Arsenal (now the Historical Museum), is the oldest building on Unter den Linden, built between 1695 and 1706.

Statue of General Gerhard von Scharnhorst, one of a number of such statues along Unter den Linden

Part of the campus of Humboldt University, which extends across both sides of Unter den Linden

The statue of Frederick the Great in the middle of Unter den Linden, facing west

St. Hedwig's Catholic Cathedral on Bebelplatz, south of Unter den Linden

The entrance to the Berlin State Library

The Adlon Hotel, which has been completely rebuilt on the site of the prewar hotel, on Pariser Platz near the Brandenburg Gate

The Brandenburg Gate, once the western entrance to Berlin, now the symbol of the city, marks the western terminus of Unter den Linden

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