Reichstag, the seat of the German Parliament

Berlin,Germany
12.06.2009
The Reichstag building in Berlin was constructed to house the Reichstag, the first parliament of the German Empire. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Reichstag until 1933, when it was severely damaged in a fire supposedly set by Dutch communist Marinus van der Lubbe, who was later beheaded for the crime. That verdict has been a subject of controversy over the years.[1] The National Socialist German Workers Party used this event as casus belli to begin a purge of traitors in Berlin and to ban the Communist Party of Germany.
The building remained in ruins until the reunification of Germany, when it underwent reconstruction led by internationally renowned architect Norman Foster. After its completion in 1999, it became the meeting place of the modern German parliament, the Bundestag.
The Reichstag as a parliament dates back to the Holy Roman Empire and ceased to act as a true parliament in the years of the Nazi regime (19331945). In today's usage, the German term Reichstag or Reichstagsgebäude (Reichstag building) refers to the building, while the term Bundestag refers to the institution.

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[jamiodoc]

Just imagine loads of Russians running up the front of it :D

[Fejojosu]

@JAKEFOWLER1999

No, a glass cupola was built on it after German reunification.

The original Reichstag also existed waaaaaaay before anyone ever spoke of the Nazis.

[FILABJBOY]

I visited the Reichhstag in 1980 and it is a great building .When walking around inside ,you feel like you have stepped back in time .

[JAKEFOWLER1999]

the same asit looked in 1945 ww2

[medwards8820]

I got to see this.. Hope it wont be to far from my hotel in august

[XxMEVANSxX]

Nice i have bin there and the german flags are there all the time (i am born there and lived there for 13 years)

Good luck waiting for the line!