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The Berlin Palace: Prussia's Baroque Heart and Its Ghosts
Lucas and Luna explore the tumultuous history of the Berlin Palace (Berliner Schloss), from its construction under the Hohenzollerns through its role as a symbol of Prussian power, its partial destruction in World War II, the GDR's demolition in 1950, and the controversial reconstruction completed in 2020. They discuss the palace's original architect Andreas Schlüter, the Eosander Portal, the Lustgarten, the balcony from which Karl Liebknecht proclaimed the German Free State in 1918, the Palast der Republik built in its place, and the current Humboldt Forum's heated debates…
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