Germany

The Checkpoint Charlie was opened on June 14, 1963 from the freedom-fighter, founder and director Reiner who died in 2004.The Checkpoint Charlie came from phonetic alphabet, there were two American check points- Dreilinden (Checkpoint Bravo), Helmstadt (Checkpoint Alpha) and the third one was named was "Checkpoint Charlie."The main function of...

Heidelberg Castle is the most important tourist spot in Germany and is 300 feet hill above the city of Heidelberg. The castle is a combination of several buildings and each building is known for different period of German architecture.The first parts of the castle were constructed around 1300 and it...

The Church of our Lady is a Lutheran church in Dresden, Germany. The original baroque church was built between 1726 and 1743 and George Bähr (Dresden's famous German Baroque style architect) designed this church but he was not alive when the construction of the church was completed.In the late 1700's...

Cologne Cathedral,KolnCologne cathedral, a Roman catholic church is one of the most impressive monuments in the world which is the tallest structure in World for centuries.The construction was started on 15th August 1248 in the gothic (designating the style of painting, sculpture, etc., produced between the 13th and 15th centuries,...

This is a famous Bavarian palace of 19th century on a rugged hill located in South West Germany and built by King Ludwig II. This is one among Germany's well known tourist place.Ludwig II wrote a letter in May 1868 to his friend Richard Wagner stating,” I intend to rebuild...