The Boulevard Unter den Linden ( boulevard under the limes ) with Berlin belongs to the most known places in the world. It extends from the Pariser Platz (east coast of the Porte of Brandebourg) on 1,5 km in direction of the west until Schlossbrücke. This road axis of obvious importance in the center of Berlin connects many institutions as well as a big number of Berliner curiosities. As one can await it from a so famous boulevard, its history was animated.

History and monuments

At the 16th century, this axis was yet only one vulgar dirt track beaten which was traced in 1573 on order of the prince-voter Johann Georg . It then connected the Berliner Stadtschloss to the Tiergarten.

After the War Thirty Year old, whereas Germany suffered from the continuations of the war and that as well the castle as Tiergarten were devastated, Frederic-Guillaume started to trace new alleys and to plant new gardens. He sent his architects and gardeners through Europe to collect new ideas and to rebuild the center of Berlin. Thereafter, the alley was built in a Dutch style according to the plans of the prince Johann Moritz and the way of hunting was to be transformed into an impressive gallery comprising 1000 Noyer S and 1000 Tilleul S.

The Column of the Victoire was placed on this prolongation (which does not bear the name of Unter den Linden but of Straße of the 17. Juni ), in the past located opposite the Reichstag.

Famous monuments on and near “Unter den Linden”

One finds on and near Unter den Linden (as on the street of June 17th which prolongs it in the west of the Porte of Brandebourg) of many monuments of which, among most notable:

• “Brandenburger Tor” (Door of Brandebourg) with its western end,
• the “Siegessäule” (Column of the Victoire) on the street of June 17th in the center of the Tiergarten,
• the Reichstag, seat of the the Bundestag, at the edge of the Spree not far from the door,
• the Schloss Bellevue (castle of Bellevue), residence of the president of the Federal Republic of Germany, not far from the Column of the Victoire.

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