Berlin (1-2 April 2006) Part 4 - Charlottenburg Palace and Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

This one is going to be short, simply because I didn't go into these 2 places, although I tried to take some decent photos.

To put it simply, Charlottenburg Palace is the biggest palace in Berlin, constructed in Italian Baroque style for Sophie Charlotte, the wife of Elector Friedrich III. Heavily-damaged in the Second World War, it was rebuilt in 1945 and is now a museum. On Novembre 9th 1918 Philipp Scheidemann proclaimed the German Republic on a balcony of Charlottenburg Palace.


The facade of the palace


The gate of the palace


Main area


OK, I admit, I only went there to take a photo of the palace with myself


Different angle

Photobucket: Charlottenburg Palace

As for the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, it is located in Berlin near the Zoologischer Garten station and was built between 1891 and 1895. It was ordered by Kaiser Wilhelm II in memory of his grandfather, Kaiser Wilhelm I. It was destroyed during a bombing raid in 1943 and the only remainder of the building is the ruin of the belfry. Inside contains the Stalingrad Madonna from the Russian Orthodox Church and a cross made from nails from Coventry Cathedral, which was destroyed by Nazi bombings, a sign of reconciliation of the 3 former enemies.


Sorry, morning sunlight too strong


The memorial plaque of Kaiser Wilhelm I


The hollowed-out clock