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Article: Berlin's rise and shine.(Brief Article)
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- Geographical
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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Cleaved down the middle both ideologically and physically by the Berlin Wall for more than 40 years, Berlin was once the very symbol of the Cold War. The reunification of Germany in 1990 paved the way for the city to once again become the country's capital. Today this rapidly changing city is Germany's largest, with a population of three-and-a-half million people. Photojournalist Dermot Tatlow pays a visit to Berlin Mitre where a new city centre is rising on what used to be a no-man's land
British architect Norman Foster has created a state-of-the-art parliamentary home within the shell of the old Reichstag. Since reunification and the subsequent decision to move ...