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What are the places of interest in Germany?

1. The Brandenburg Gate is located in the center of Berlin, the capital of Germany. It was originally a gate in the Berlin Wall and was named because it leads to Brandenburg. The currently preserved Brandenburg Gate is a Classical Revival building built between 1788 and 1791 on the order of Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II to commemorate Prussia's victory in the Seven Years' War.

2. Sanssouci Palace is an 18th-century German royal palace and garden located in the northern suburbs of Potsdam, Germany. It was built by King Frederick II of Prussia to imitate the Palace of Versailles in France. The name of the palace is taken from the French word "no worries" or "mo worry". The entire palace and gardens cover an area of ??90 hectares. Because it was built on a sand dune, it is also called the "Palace on the Dune". Sanssouci Palace is the essence of German architectural art in the 18th century, and the entire construction project lasted for 50 years. Despite the war, it has never been bombarded by artillery fire and is still very well preserved.

3. Cologne Cathedral (K?lner Dom, full name Hohe Domkirche St. Peter und Maria) is a Catholic cathedral located in Cologne, Germany. It is a landmark building in Cologne.

Among all churches, it ranks second in height in Germany (after Ulm Cathedral in Ulm) and third in the world. In terms of size, it is the largest church in northern Europe. Combining grandeur and delicacy, it is known as the most perfect example of Gothic church architecture. It was built in 1248, and the work continued intermittently. It was not completed until 1880 by Kaiser Wilhelm I. It took more than 600 years and is still being repaired to this day.

4. Neuschwanstein Castle (English: New Swan Stone Castle, German: Schloss Neuschwanstein), whose full name is New Swan Stone Castle, is a building in the late 19th century. It is located in the southwest of Bavaria, Germany, adjacent to the earlier Schloss Hohenschwangau (also known as Old Swan Castle) is about 4 kilometers away from the town of Fussen, not far from the border between Germany and Austria.

5. The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer; English: Berlin Wall; Russian: Берлинская стена), officially known as the Anti-Fascist Defense Wall (German: Antifaschistischer Schutzwall), is the German Democratic Republic and the National (referred to as "GDR" or "East Germany") established a border defense system surrounding the border of West Berlin on its own territory, with the purpose of preventing the GDR (including the capital East Berlin) and the German Federal Democratic Republic (referred to as "Federal Germany"). or "West Germany") and West Berlin.

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