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Unter den Linden from Berlin Cathedral to Brandenburg Gate and Tiergarten park, view from Fernsehturm , 2005 Unter den Linden lime trees") is a boulevard in central Berlin running from the City Palace to Brandenburg Gate . The street is named after the lime trees that line its grassed pedestrian mall and the two broad carriageways . The avenue links numerous sights and landmarks.
The reconstructed Alte Kommandantur is at No. 1, standing opposite the Zeughaus arsenal, the oldest building on Unter den Linden , now the seat of the Deutsches Historisches Museum Crown Prince's Palace and the Neue Wache war memorial opposite. Further along, on Bebelplatz , are the Berlin State Opera , St. Hedwig's Cathedral and the Altes Palais , the favourite residence of Emperor William I . Next are the main building of Humboldt University , and House I of the Berlin State Library . At the western end are the Russian Embassy, the Hungarian Embassy, and finally the Hotel Adlon at the corner of Pariser Platz . Well-known statues include Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt in front of the university and Prussian generals Scharnhorst and Bülow .
A street sign carrying the name Unter den Linden dating from before the 1930s was taken away by British forces and can now be seen at the Imperial War Museum , London. → more...
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