Berlin, Cathedral View

The cathedral was erected between 1894 and 1905 to plans by Julius Raschdorff and his son, Otto. This outstanding work of religious architecture in the latter part of the 19th century, contains elements of Roman Baroque and Italian High Renaissance.

The cathedral was badly damaged in the Second World War. However, while the adjacent Royal Palace was demolished for ideological reasons, the cathedral was left standing. The church authorities in the GDR managed to begin restoration work on the building in 1974. Thanks to financial help from the Evangelical Church in the Federal Republic of (West) Germany, the restoration of the exterior, which involved simplification of some of the details, was completed in 1984.