the Berlin wall was built because they wanted to prevent people from escaping to the west from the east Berlin. It was also built to separated east Germany from west Germany. It was acting like a physical barrier that symbolized the political division.
how the berlin wall built
The Berlin wall was built in on August 13,1961 but it took two weeks to build. the wall cost about US$3.6 million at that time. It was made out of barbed wire and cinder blocks
the map and location of the berlin wall
the Berlin wall is located in west Berlin of the federal republic of Germany.
being built/first stages of the berlin wall
The Berlin wall was commenced by the government of the GDR on Aug 13 1961.It included guard towers placed along large concrete walls.
Additions and changes to the wall over time to the berlin wall
The GDR commenced construction during august 1961 the
Berlin wall was gradually built up to almost four meters. The addition of everything from tank traps to land mines during the course of the structures.
Flatford Mill
Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings [more]
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
The Hireling Shepherd
This is a painting by William Holman Hunt, a leading British Pre-Raphaelite.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
