This richly illustrated volume offers a comprehensive insight into thismetropolis' boundless diversity. In sensitively written texts the authorpresents a journey through the most significant stages of Berlin'sartistic and architectural history, from its beginning to the present day.More than 600 splendid photographs document the eventful artistic andcultural development of this extraordinary city, which to this day isfamous for its pulsating life. The Reichstag building, the BrandenburgGate, the Palace of Charlottenburg, and Potsdamer Platz are only a few ofthe many stops the viewer can explore in detail.