Potsdamer Platz

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Potsdamer Platz is a major public square and traffic intersection in central Berlin that became a symbol of the city's reunification and modern redevelopment after the Cold War.

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Potsdamer Platz Arkaden 1
Potsdamer Platz area 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf public square
traffic intersection
urban square
architecturalStyle contemporary architecture
associatedWithEvent Berlin International Film Festival
coordinateLocation 13.376 longitude (approximate)
52.509 latitude (approximate)
country Germany
governingBody Senate of Berlin (West)
surface form: Berlin Senate
hasBuilding BahnTower
Debis-Haus
Kollhoff Tower
Potsdamer Platz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Potsdamer Platz Arkaden

Sony Center
hasFacility cinemas
hotels
offices
restaurants
shopping mall
theatres
hasFunction commercial centre
entertainment district
tourist attraction
transport hub
hasLandmark Kaisersaal
remains of the Berlin Wall
heritageStatus important site of German urban history
historicalEvent became a desolate no man’s land during the Cold War
divided by the Berlin Wall during the Cold War
heavily damaged during World War II
site of major urban redevelopment after German reunification
historicalRole major traffic hub in Berlin
symbol of Berlin’s reunification
symbol of post–Cold War redevelopment
locatedIn Berlin
Mitte
Berlin-Mitte locality
surface form: central Berlin
namedAfter Potsdam
near Brandenburg Gate
Leipziger Platz
Tiergarten
partOf Berlin
surface form: Berlin city centre
redevelopmentPeriod 1990s
early 2000s
transportConnection Berlin S-Bahn
Berlin U-Bahn
Potsdamer Platz station
numerous bus lines

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Mitte contains Potsdamer Platz
Mitte, Berlin contains Potsdamer Platz
Potsdamer Platz hasBuilding Potsdamer Platz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Potsdamer Platz Arkaden
U.S. Embassy Berlin locatedNear Potsdamer Platz
Wilhelmstrasse, Berlin near Potsdamer Platz
Berlin Wall notableLocation Potsdamer Platz
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner notableWork Potsdamer Platz
this entity surface form: Potsdamer Platz area