(89) TIERGARTEN, THE LARGE PARK OF BERLIN
Covering an area of about 630 acres (255 hectares) in the centre of Berlin, the Large Tiergarten - Großer Tiergarten - owes its name to the fact that it was originally a hunting ground. It was designed as an English landscape-style Park, by Peter Joseph Lenné, at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
In the western area, near the Zoo, the Lichtensteinallee and the Siegessäule (Victory Column).
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The eastern area, close to the new Bundeskanzleramt (German Chancellery).
[Portuguese post on April 1st, 2008]
Category: PARKS AND GARDENS
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