Potsdamer Platz (Potsdam Square) is an important public square and traffic intersection in the centre of Berlin, Germany. It lies about one kilometre south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag (German Parliament Building), and close to the southeast corner of the Tiergarten park. It is named after the city of Potsdam, some 25 km to the south west, and marks the point where the old road from Potsdam passed through the city wall of Berlin at the Potsdam Gate. The square was totally laid waste during World War II and then left desolate during the Cold War era when the Berlin Wall bisected its former location. Since the fall of the Wall it has risen again as a glittering new heart for the city and the most visible symbol of the new Berlin.With the construction of the Berlin Wall on 13 August 1961, along the intracity frontier, Potsdamer Platz now found itself physically divided in two.... → More 37 Views Add comment
Prague is the capital and the largest city of the Czech Republic. The city has an area of 496 square km (192 square miles). Prague is situated on the River Vltava in central Bohemia. In this city live more than 1.2 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 1.9 million. Since 1992, the extensive historic centre of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Prague's short history. Prague's story goes back to the distant days of the Celtic tribes, as early as 400BC. The Arab-Jewish merchant Ibrahim Jakub Ibn, who visited Prague in 965 or 966, was the first to leave a written record of the existence of a busy commercial center and settlement below Prague Castle, he described it as a town "built of stone and mortar". During the first half of the 11th century another castle called Vysehrad was founded on the opposite... → More 22 Views Add comment
