Der Reichstag -the German Parliament
The German parliament building has a long history. It took 10 years to build the parliament, and 5 December 1894 it was finished. In 1933 it burnt down and 12 years later the Red Army captured it. The Soviets saw it as a symbol for the Germans, and one of the most famous pictures of WWII is when the Soviet flag was raised on the building. A Wikipedia entry and a picture of it can be found here. Between 1957 and 1972 the parliament was repaired, and in 1995 the couple Christo covered it with a big fabric, as a piece of arts. The British star architect Sir Norman Foster designed a glass cupola and just in time for Berlin becoming the capital of the reunited Germany in 1999 the cupola was finished.

German ParliamentGerman Parliament

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