The Gendarmenmarkt is one of Berlin's most famous squares located in the district of Mitte. The square is characterized by two identical churches on either side of the square.
At the end of the seventeenth century the square came into being as the market square of the new Friedrichstadt.
Karl Friedrich Schinkel (Neuruppin, 13 March 1781 - Berlin, 9 October 1841) was one of the most important German architects. He was also a painter and draughtsman, urban planner, set designer and furniture designer. He knew the history of architecture - around that time an emerging scientific discipline - and designed in both classical and Gothic style without imitating existing buildings. In 1813, King Frederick William III conceived the award the Iron Cross, and Schinkel designed the decoration to go with it. In 1815, Schinkel was appointed advisor to the king (Council of Secrets) and from this time on he could fully comply with the
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