THE BERLINER DOM

The Berliner Dom is a baroque Cathedral built between 1894 and 1905.

 It is located on an island in the river Spree, also known as the Museum Island. it was a protestant counterweight to the catholic St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

One of the most interesting items in the interior of the church is the reconstructed pipe organ, built by Wilhelm Sauer. The organ, originally built in 1905, has more than 7.000 pipes.

 

 

A number of members of the Hohenzollern family are buried in the church, among them Friedrich I and his wife, who are entombed in beautifully sculpted sarcophagi. The oldest tomb in the cathedral (1530) is the tomb of elector Johann Cicero, elector of Brandenburg. Between the catacombs of vatican and this dome, the latter if the most creepy. 

 

 

 

The main altar, which was saved from the previous cathedral dates from 1850. The reconstructed stained glass windows with nativity scenes were originally created in 1905 by Anton von Werner. 

Just like St Peter's church in vatican, tourist are also allowed to go up at the dome through a series of stairs. and again just like St peter's dome, the higher you climb the steepier the stairs.

 

 

The following pics are taken at the Dom...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  There are  2 boxes can be best explain by this info sheet hanged along the hallway going up to the dome.