🏛️ Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin

Germany · Europe · Cultural · 52.52°N, 13.40°E

The Altes Museum is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany. Built between 1825 and 1830 by order of King Frederick William III of Prussia according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, it is considered a major work of German Neoclassical architecture. It is surrounded by the Berlin Cathedral to the east, the Berlin Palace to the south and the Zeughaus to the west. Currently, the Altes Museum houses the Antikensammlung and parts of the Münzkabinett. As part of the Museum Island complex, the Altes Museum was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999, in recognition of its testimony to the development of the museum as a social and architectural phenomenon.

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Quick facts

Country	Germany
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	52.52°N, 13.40°E · view on map

Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin is a cultural World Heritage site in Germany, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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