The Altes Museum was built in the early 19th century to contain the Prussian royal family’s collection of art. As lovely as it looks in photos, in real life it is stunning. My traveling companion and I toured the museum for hours, studying the Ancient Greek, Roman, and Etruscan works. At 6pm the bells of the Berlin Cathedral began to ring the call to Vespers, so we ran outside to listen. Once out there, we saw a Syrian wedding party arrive in the Lustgarten out front. They danced and played music while the crowds gathered around and clapped. Later in the trip, I discovered that this exact location was used by the Nazi’s for rallies during WWII. In the image below, I would have been standing about where Hitler is standing as I filmed the New Berlin being celebrated.
Berlin Kundgebung zum 1. Mai 1936 am alten Museum im Lustgarten. Attribution: Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-P022065 / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Syrian Wedding Party, Lustgarten, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
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Recumbent Man from Chiusi, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Berliner Dom & Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Amor & Psyche, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Roman Women, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Juno Sospita, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Amazon, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dionysus, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Homer, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Griffon, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Marcus Arelius, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Athena, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dionysus, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Nike, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Lion, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Nike, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Meleager, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Hermaphrodite, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Actors, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Etruscans, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Mourning Slave, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Artemis, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Zeus, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Theseus & The Minotaur, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Berliner Dom & Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dionysus, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dionysus, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dancing Maidens, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Persian Goat, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Narcissus, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Boy with Thorn in Foot (Spinario), Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Young Girl’s Memorial, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dionysus & Silenus, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Greyhound, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
The Spear-Bearer of Polykleitos, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dionysus, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dionysus, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Roman Woman, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Trojan Heroes, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Satyr & Hermaphrodite, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Griffon, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Demeter, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Apollo, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
The Green Caeser, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Livia, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
The Praying Boy, Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Altes Museum, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
The ceremony of consecrating the khachqar dedicated to the memory of Armenian Genocide. Elliott and I came across this without knowing what was going on, but curiosity drew us in. Berlin is amazing because there is always something of grave historical importance happening somewhere.
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Viktoriapark, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Prussian National Monument for the Liberation Wars, Viktoriapark, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Prussian National Monument for the Liberation Wars, Viktoriapark, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Viktoriapark, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Viktoriapark, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Viktoriapark, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Pork and Sauerkraut at Markthalle IX, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Viktoriapark, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Drinking Absinthe in a Kreuzberg Bar, Berlin. Photo by Elliott Cribbs
Viktoriapark, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Graffiti, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Viktoriapark, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Viktoriapark, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Viktoriapark, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Viktoriapark, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Drinking Absinthe in a Kreuzberg Bar, Berlin. Photo by Elliott Cribbs
I spent the day in Kreuzberg with my friends Elliott and Ben. We found this cemetery that had not only Felix Mendelssohn’s grave, but also E.T.A. Hoffmann, the Romantic-era author of the book The Nutcracker was based on, as well as the protagonist of Offenbach’s opera Tales of Hoffman .
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Angela Brower (Nicklausse) and Diana Damrau (Giulietta) in the 4th act of Jacques Offenbach’s “Les contes d’Hoffmann” in a production by Richard Jones. Bayerische Staatsoper 2011.
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
Dreifaltigkeitsfriedhof II – Trinity Cemetery, Berlin. Photo by Scarlett Messenger
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