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THE ISHTAR GATE
Mitte: Museum Island and around
At its eastern end, Unter den Linden leads to the Spreeinsel, the island in the
River Spree that formed the core of the medieval twin town Berlin-Cölln. From
the fifteenth century onwards, due to its defensive position, the Spreeinsel
became the site of the Residenz - the fortress-cum-palace and church of the
Hohenzollern family who controlled Berlin and Brandenburg. The church - the
Berliner Dom - still stands, as do most of the structures on the island's northern
tip, where in the 1800s the Hohenzollerns added a museum quarter. Known as
Museum Island, this is home to some of the world's greatest museums: the
Pergamonmuseum, with its jaw-dropping antiquities; the Altes Museum, and
its superlative Greek vases; the Neues Museum, specializing in Ancient Egypt;
the Altes Nationalgalerie, full of nineteenth-century European paintings; and
the Bode-Museum, one of Europe's most important sculpture collections.
 
 
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