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Franciscan
Monastery
St'
Michael's Church
The
Art's Ruin |
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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