Litfaß-Platz

Litfaß-Platz is a square in Berlin, Berlin. Litfaß-Platz is situated nearby to the work of art Litfaß monument, as well as near Adina Apartment Hotel Berlin Hackescher Markt.

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Type: Square
Description: square in Berlin-Mitte
Also known as: “Litfass-Platz”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pergamon Museum and Fernsehturm Berlin.

Pergamon Museum

Museum

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The Pergamon Museum is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany. It was built from 1910 to 1930 by order of Emperor Wilhelm II and according to plans by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann in Stripped Classicism style. Pergamon Museum is situated 470 metres west of Litfaß-Platz.

Fernsehturm Berlin

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The Fernsehturm in central Berlin was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the government of the German Democratic Republic as both a functional broadcasting facility and a symbol of communist power. Fernsehturm Berlin is situated 450 metres east of Litfaß-Platz.

Neues Museum

Museum

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The Neues Museum is a listed building on the Museum Island of Berlin. Built from 1843 to 1855 by order of King Frederick William IV of Prussia in Neoclassical and Renaissance Revival styles, it is considered as the major work of Friedrich August Stüler. Neues Museum is situated 420 metres southwest of Litfaß-Platz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alt-Berlin and Mitte.

Alt-Berlin

Locality

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Alt-Berlin, also spelled Altberlin, is a neighborhood, situated in the Berliner locality of Mitte, part of the homonymous borough. In the 13th century it was the sister town of the old Cölln, located on the northern Spree Island in the Margraviate of Brandenburg.

Mitte

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Mitte, literally meaning "the middle" and being a contraction of Stadtmitte, contains the historical heart of Berlin and represents in many ways the real centre of the city.