# PERGAMONMUSEUM 7 

Located on Museum Island, this excellent museum is famous due to its extraordinary historical reconstructions on an exceptionally large scale.

Highlights include the marble Pergamon Altar (which is closed due to renovation until 2023), the giant blue Ishtar Gate, the Market Gate of Miletus, and the Umayyad Palace of Mshatta.

1) Ishtar Gate (reconstruction, original about 575 BCE)

2) Pergamon Altar (reconstruction, original second century BCE)
 by Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 

3) Market Gate of Miletus (reconstruction, original 2nd century CE)

4) Umayyad Palace of Mshatta (8th century CE)

5) Aleppo Room (Ottoman Period)

Archaeological Museum World Heritage Site: since 1999 (Museumsinsel) | Gallery Space: 11,000 m2 / 118,403 ft2 | Galleries: ca. 40 | Artworks on Display: ca. 1,000 | Established: 1910 | Visitors (2007): 1,100,000

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# Gemäldegalerie (Kulturforum) 7 

The Gemäldegalerie holds a remarkable and immense collection of European paintings from the 13th to the 18th centuries in seventy-two rooms.

1) Amor Victorious, Caravaggio (1602–1603)
 by Wikimedia / Public Domain

2) The Adoration of the Kings (Monforte Altar), Hugo van der Goes (1470) 
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3) Madonna in the Church, Jan van Eyck (1440)
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4) The Fountain of Youth, Lucas Cranach the Elder (1546)
 by Wikimedia / Public Domain

5) Portrait of a Young Girl, Petrus Christus (1470)
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6) The Wine Glass, Johannes Vermeer (1658–1660)
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7) Virgin and Child Enthroned with John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, Sandro Botticelli (1545–1510)
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8) Portrait of the Merchant Georg Giese, Hans Holbein the Younger (1814)
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9) Hieronymus Holzschuher, Albrecht Dürer (1526)
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10) Madonna col Bambino, Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio) (1500–1504)
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Art Museum Gallery Space: 8,000 m2 / 86,000 ft2 | Galleries: 72 | Established: 1830 | Visitors (2017): 309,000

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# Brandenburger Tor 6 

Inspired by the Acropolis entrance in Athens, this splendid 26 m-(85 ft-) high Neo-Classical sandstone gate is Berlin’s most famous landmark and a symbol of German reunification.

It was built in 1791 by architect Carl Gotthard Langhans and is crowned by the sculpture Quadriga. The famous charioteer at the top represents Irene, the Greek goddess of peace.

Gate FREE

# Sony Center and Potsdamer Platz 6 

Completed in the year 2000 at a total cost of €750 million, Sony Center at the Potsdamer Platz with its impressive tent-like glass roof is Berlin’s jewel of modern architecture.

The exciting architectural complex was designed by Helmut Jahn and Peter Walker. It accommodates offices, apartments, bars, and restaurants.

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# Charlottenburg Palace and Garden 6 

Surrounded by a beautiful baroque garden, the elegant 17th-century Charlottenburg Palace (Schloss Charlottenburg) is the largest and most important palace complex in Berlin.

Palace and Garden

# Dom 6 

Built at the start of the 20th century in Italian Renaissance style, Berlin Cathedral is the largest and most impressive church in Berlin.

Visitors can climb the 270 steps to the top of the magnificent dome to get spectacular views of the city from 98 m (321 ft).

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# ALTE NATIONALGALERIE (Old National Gallery) 6 

Housed in an impressive building in the style of a Greek temple the Old National Gallery is one of the five museums forming the ensemble known as Berlin’s Museum Island – a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The museum displays important 19th-century art from the French Revolution to the First World War including works by von Menzel, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and Rodin on three floors.

Art Museum World Heritage Site: since 1999 (Museumsinsel)

by Thomas Wolf / CC BY-SA 3.0

# Zoologischer Garten (Zoological Garden) 6 

With over 20,200 animals and one of the biggest and broadest ranges of species in the world, Zoological Garden is Germany’s oldest and largest zoo.

Highlights of the beautiful zoo include a pair of Pandas 🐼🐼, hippos, gorillas, tropical birds, and polar bears as well as numerous majestic buildings and gates. 

Zoo Land area: 35 hectares / 86.5 acres | Species: 1,373 | Animals: 20,200 | Annual Visitors: 3.5 million

by Dieter Brügmann (Bruhaha) / CC BY-SA 3.0