page_title: Potsdamer Platz
hierarchical_section_title: Potsdamer Platz
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Sony Center bei Nacht, Berlin. English: Sony Center at Night, Berlin. Français&#160;: Le Sony Center de nuit, à Berlin. Română: Sony Center noaptea, Berlin (Germania). Photo was taken using the following technique: Film: Fuji Velvia Lens: 2.0/20 Filter: none Body: Minolta Dynax 7 Support: Manfrotto 190B Source: http://fam-tille.de/sparetime.html Image with Information in English Bild mit Informationen auf Deutsch
context_page_description: Potsdamer Platz is an important public square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about 1 km south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag, and close to the southeast corner of the Tiergarten park. It is named after the city of Potsdam, some 25 km to the south west, and marks the point where the old road from Potsdam passed through the city wall of Berlin at the Potsdam Gate. After developing within the space of little over a century from an intersection of rural thoroughfares into the most bustling traffic intersection in Europe, it was totally destroyed during World War II and then left desolate during the Cold War era when the Berlin Wall bisected its former location. Since German reunification, Potsdamer Platz has been the site of major redevelopment projects.
context_section_description: Potsdamer Platz (German: [ˈpɔtsdamɐ plats] (listen), literally Potsdam Square) is an important public square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about 1 km (1,100 yd) south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag (German Parliament Building), and close to the southeast corner of the Tiergarten park. It is named after the city of Potsdam, some 25 km (16 mi) to the south west, and marks the point where the old road from Potsdam passed through the city wall of Berlin at the Potsdam Gate. After developing within the space of little over a century from an intersection of rural thoroughfares into the most bustling traffic intersection in Europe, it was totally destroyed during World War II and then left desolate during the Cold War era when the Berlin Wall bisected its former location. Since German reunification, Potsdamer Platz has been the site of major redevelopment projects.
caption: Roof of the Sony Center at night in 2004.
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