Gendarmenmarkt
Square in Berlin, Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gendarmenmarkt (German for 'Men-at-arms market') is a square in Berlin and the site of an architectural ensemble that includes the Berlin concert hall, along with the French and German Churches. In the centre of the square stands a monumental statue of poet Friedrich Schiller. The square was created by Johann Arnold Nering at the end of the seventeenth century as the Linden-Markt and reconstructed by Georg Christian Unger in 1773. The Gendarmenmarkt is named after a Prussian cuirassier regiment called the Gendarmen [de], which had stables at the square until 1773.
During World War II, most of the buildings were badly damaged or destroyed. They have all been restored.