Split Germany

Split-level House, by Atelier 40 (1966). Wuppertal, Germany. © Roberto Conte (2015) . . . #wuppertal #germany #germania #deutschland

The Berlin Wall is mostly gone, but ghost markers on the ground mark where it once split the city. Photo: Dimster Architecture

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Germanic tribes occupied the area that the Romans would go on to call Germania. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the world center of power moved to Germany, where it stayed until the 1800s.

Straddling the Berlin wall.

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