Sabtu, 04 Juli 2009

BERLIN CITY EXOTIC AND FULL OF HISTORY

City of berlin in germany is a historic city in europe, there have berlin wall, built in the years 1961 to separate the west of germany (which ideology democracy) and eastern germany (the ideology communists) and be downed.

Now berlin wall is still there, in the form of entrance gate and statue of maria above it, since the fall of berlin wall, the city is made in the german capital german unity. Berlin is a center of goverment, culture and sports.

For most of the latter part of the 20th century, berlin has stood as a symbol of the devision between east and west, split by the infamous fortifield wall erected to separate the socialist sector from the democratic district.

When the berlin wall was pulled down in 1990 the city discovered that it suddenly had two of everything, most notably two very distinct societes separated both socially and economically.

The past decade has seen berlin embracing unification and rebuilding itself as a modern capital.

More than 100 streets have been reconneced, and signs of the wall's existence have all but disappeared.

Years of divisim are still refrected in the new city's architecture, however, with a modern city of skyscrapers, retaik centers and urban developments in the west contrasing with most of the pre-war city that remains in the east.

For nearly 30 years the wall sealed off the imposing brandenburg gate from the west, but now traffic passes through it freely. Similarly alexanderplatz, which was one of the main centers of 1920s berlin, and later pos-waq east germany, has once again become one of the city's focal centers.

The site of the infamous check point charlie with is threatening monitoring tower erected to ensure no one crossed over from east to west, is now a mesium, and while the tower no longer stands, visitors can see the east side gallery a surviving chunk of the real wall, now decorated by local artists.

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