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Index
Registry
Office
Lapidarium
Riehmers
Court
Anatomical
Theatre
Babylon
Cinema
Architectural
Centre
Franciscan
Monastery
Ackerstr.
Market Hall
St.
Michael's Church
Lion's
Bridge
Marienfelde
Green
Nicolai
House
Russian Church
Arminiuspl.
Market Hall
Villa
von der Heydt
Treptow
Crematorium
Church
Hohenzollernpl.
Universum Cinema
Mittelhof
Country-House
Ahmadiyya
Mosque
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August
Soller, a pupil of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, built the Michaelskirche between 1851-61. It was the second Catholic church in the
city. The building, hailed by Theodor Fontane as the loveliest church in Berlin, looks very
Italian. Instead of a tower it is crowned by August Kiss’s figure of Michel, the Archangel and a graceful
cupola. The central part of the red brick building is still in ruins after intense damage during the Second World War. But today the church is no longer in its previous disastrous position directly on the border between East and West, and its outstanding influence on town planning is again clearly
visible. It lies right in the middle of the main axis of the old Louisenstädtische Canal on the border between Kreuzberg and Mitte and dominates the gardens and water features that have been restored on historical lines within the old canal
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