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Altes Museum

The Altes Museum is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany. Built between 1825 and 1830 by order of King Frederick William III of Prussia according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, it is considered a major work of German Neoclassical architecture. It is surrounded by the Berlin Cathedral to the east, the Berlin Palace to the south and the Zeughaus to the west. Currently,…

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1822

Bezirk Mitte, Bezirk Mitte, Germany

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Antiquities museum in Berlin, Germany

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Karl Friedrich Schinkel

1781-1841 · Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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Karl Friedrich Schinkel was a Prussian architect, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the greatest German architects, a nineteenth century design genius, and a leader in the International Neoclassical and Gothic Revival movements. His most famous buildings are found…

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Karl Friedrich Schinkel

studio · Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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