Yesterday I went to the Island of Museums because there are visiting Cuban friends and I was going to take them to the Pergamon Museum which is one of the museums that resides on that island. On the way we passed the Berlin Cathedral aka "Berliner Dom" and I took a few photos so that you can appreciate its splendor a little. I say a little because it is impossible to do with photos, you have to see the cathedral live to be able to do it for real.

The cathedral was built between the late 1800s and early 1900s in the same place where another ancient cathedral had previously been demolished by order of the emperor at that time. With a Neo Baroque style, it was thought of as a large Protestant temple that counteracted the Catholic influence of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City.

The back of the cathedral overlooks the canal that divides the Island of Museums.

What we see today is a reconstruction of the original that was semi-destroyed by a bomb when the Allies bombed Berlin in World War II.

The curious thing is that the reconstruction took place when Germany was still divided, in 1975 and the cathedral was (is) in the part of the old East Germany. According to many, the government said yes by the entrance that was going to have of money of the West Germany because the idea came from that side.