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Under the Lime-Trees Avenue Description
(Local Name: Unter den Linden) Unter den Linden in Berlin's Mitte district is the famous broad avenue some 1,400 m/1,517yd long reaching from Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg Gate to the Lustgarten. From 1573 there was a riding track here, used by the Elector on his way to the Tiergarten to hunt. In 1647 the Great Elector caused six rows of nut trees and limes to be planted along the road, but when it was surfaced in 1675 these were removed, and it was 1946 before more young limes were planted here. The chronicles of Berlin record the various types of buildings that were erected along the road: dwelling houses, workshops, public buildings, palaces. After 1964, to the north grew the district of
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Hobbies & Activities category: Region, quarter of a major city
Transit
S-Bahn: Unter den Linden (S1, S2); Bus: 100, 157.
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