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 TOWER OF ST. MATHEW CHURCH
(VIEWING PLATFORM) by matcrazy1
By the way there was a viewing platform with panoramic view over Berlin and esp. modern area with skyscrapers around Potsdamer Platz behind the arcades on my picture. Luckily iron bars put there were not seen from the distance.
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 THE CARILLON TOWER CALLED
BIG BENZ by matcrazy1
But it was the carillon placed next to the House of World Cultures. It was the largest carillon in Europe and fourth largest in the world, opened in 1987 to commemorate the 750th anniversary of Berlin. The belltower of black granite was a present of Mercedes-Benz company and was often called by the Berliners "Big Benz". 68 bells weighing 48 tons were installed there. The carillon was computer controlled and resounded twice daily: at midday and at 6 pm. Hmm... not at my time, I skipped it :-(.
By the way the world's largest swinging bell and carillon is located in the World Peace Bell Center in Newport, Kentucky, USA.
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 TOP OF ST. MATHEW CHURCH by matcrazy1
So, if you like architecture don't skip beautiful details like this brick hexagon top part of the tower of neo - romanesque St. Mathew Church (St. Matth?us Kirche). Pay attention to patterns created by various colors of small bricks.
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 ARTWORK - POSE 2 by matcrazy1
Nothing very special but the four square elements of the work were moving on the wind. Look at the previous tip and compare pictures. Leave a Comment
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 A STABILE BY ALEXANDER
CALDER by matcrazy1
This composition looked similar to monumental sculpture in the capitol of Brazil that is city of Brasilia located in the middle of Amazon jungle. I mean the impressive iron statue of two people in the Square Of The Three Powers created in honour of the MEN who worked in the construction of Brasilia. Am I wrong? Leave a Comment
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 AN APSE OF ST. MATHEW
CHURCH by matcrazy1
In Berlin I enjoyed my eyes of renovated recently brick and rounded apse of St. Mathew Church (St. Matthäus Kirche). There were two smaller apsidioles on its both sides. The neo-romanesque church was relatively young (1844 - 1846) and evangelic so it was "wrong" oriented - apse to the south that was back to Rome :-).
From my friend OlafS from Belgium:
An apse is the closing part of the choir, the most sacred part of a catholic church.
It's not so much that the western part is oriented towards the west, rather the choir is oriented towards the east ('oriented' even means something like 'directed to the east'), the symbolic direction of where Jerusalem is.
I don't know how important this is for protestant churches, but the German Lutheran church has preserved many catholic habits. However, and this goes for catholic churches too, orientation is not demanded. When it's impossible or unattractive to orientate the choir, especially in cities this happens, than the choir can point to any other direction available. Leave a Comment
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 by AndreasKLeave a Comment
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The Tiergarten is a very large park in the center of the city. The column of the Victory is popularly known as the Angel. You can climb to the view point and feel like the characters in one of the films of Wim Wenders. Leave a Comment
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