Berlin Cathedral, Television Tower, Germany Poster

"Crosses on the Berlin Cathedral and the Television Tower, Berlin, Germany" by Catherine Sherman. Two crosses appear in the sky on the Unter den Linden Avenue in Berlin, Germany -- one atop the Berlin Cathedral Dome and the other on the tiled stainless steel ball of the Fernsehturm (Television Tower). Berlin Cathedral (German: Berliner Dom), also known as the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, is a monumental German Protestant church and dynastic tomb (House of Hohenzollern) on the Museum Island in central Berlin. It is the largest Protestant church in Germany and one of the most important dynastic tombs in Europe. In addition to church services, the cathedral is used for state ceremonies, concerts and other events. The Fernsehturm (Television Tower) in central Berlin was constructed between 1965 and 1969 by the government of the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany, as both a functional broadcasting facility and a symbol of Communist power. It remains a landmark from its position next to Alexanderplatz in the city's Marien Quarter, part of the district of Mitte, visible across most suburban districts of Berlin. It is the tallest structure in Germany at 1,207 feet (368 meters) including antenna and the third-tallest structure in the European Union. When the sun shines on the Fernsehturm's tiled stainless-steel dome, the reflection usually appears in the form of a Greek cross. Berliners nicknamed the luminous cross Rache des Papstes, or the "Pope's Revenge", believing the Christian symbol a divine retaliation for the government's removal of crosses from East Berlin's churches.