Dublin - Angus Konstam
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"Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million in its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city. First documented in the 13th century, Berlin was successively the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701 - 1918), the German Empire (1871 - 1918), the Weimar Republic (1919 - 1933) and the Third Reich (1933 - 1945). After the Second World War, the city was divided; East Berlin became the capital of East Germany while West Berlin became a Western enclave, surrounded by the Berlin Wall from 1961 - 1989. Following the reunification of Germany in 1990, the city regained its status as the capital of all Germany: the wall came down; Europe rejoiced and Germany was whole again. With the Communist Bloc crumbling, the politics of the world changed and suddenly Berlin was back on the map again. Today it is the third most-visited tourist destination in the EU home to world-renowned universities, research institutes, sporting events, orchestras, museums and personal...
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Hardcover, dust jacket, oblong, richly illustrated in colour and b/w.; Spine and part front dust jacket sunned. [Auteur: Adler, Dieter & Anke Adler] [Pagina's: 256] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Compendium] [Jaar: 2008] [Titel: Berlin]
