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Inside World : 11 photos showing the Berlin Wall today

insideworld
Nov 5, 2014
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BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Wall — the infamous landmark of separated Europe — fell Nov. 9, 1989 after dividing Communist East Berlin from capitalist West Berlin for more than 28 years.

Europe November 2014 11 photos showing the Berlin Wall today

A couple kiss in front of a painting of former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, le

A couple with an umbrella walk alongside an original part of the Berlin Wall at

A few meters long part of the former Berlin Wall stands on the 'Cemetery of the

A woman presses her hands on a painting of the East Side Gallery in Berlin, the

A few meters long part of the former Berlin Wall sits on the cemetery of the Fre

A woman touches the wall as she walks alongside the remains of the Berlin Wall a

Children play in front of the painted East Side Gallery, the largest part of ori

Original elements of the former Berlin wall are displayed for sale at the area o

People gather around an original segment of the Berlin Wall which is displayed a

The the remembrance site for the Berlin Wall at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin..jpg

Tourists walk alongside of the painted East Side Gallery in Berlin, the largest

Only a few sections of the more-than 160-kilometer (100-mile) long Wall remain standing where they once were — most other parts were torn down after Germany's reunification in 1990 and removed. The photo gallery — consisting of 11 images — features the Berlin Wall Memorial on Bernauer Strasse with former watch towers over the so-called "death strip" of the border, and the East Side Gallery — the Wall's longest surviving stretch. The 1.3 kilometers (more than 4/5 mile) segment with its colorful murals is a tourist hotspot in today's Berlin.

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