Episode 1: Enemy Brothers.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning in art.

Seventeenth century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (57 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Terranoa, [date of publication not identified]

System Details:

video file

Summary:

From 1650 to 1789, Paris and Berlin weren't on equal terms: while Paris was the largest city on the European continent, Berlin was merely emerging as a future capital. This first episode explores how the French kings - and Louis XIV in particular - established the foundations of modern town planning and in so doing exerted a profound influence on the small town of Berlin. However, up until the French revolution, Paris remained the model for Berlin: the French city's new monumental entrance gates built during the reign of Louis XVI inspired constructions such as the Brandenburg Gate, which later became the very symbol of Berlin.

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