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Französischer Dom (German for: French Cathedral) is the colloquial naming for the French Church of Friedrichstadt. Louis Cayart and Abraham Quesnay built the first parts of the actual French Church from 1701 to 1705 for the Huguenot (Calvinist) community. At that time, Huguenots made up about 25% of Berlin's population. The French Church was modelled after the destroyed Huguenot temple in Charenton-Saint-Maurice, France. In 1785 Carl von Gontard modified the church and built - wall to wall next to it - the domed tower.

Photographer: Sari Hietala | Camera: FUJIFILM FinePix F70EXR | Date: 14.6.2011 16:40 | ISO: 100 | Exp. Time: 1/340s | Aperture: 7.1 | Focal Length: 5,6mm | Latitude: N 52°30'49,87" | Longitude: E 13°23'29,40" | Copyright: SariH2011 | Caption: Deutscher Dom, In 1701-1708 Giovanni Simonetti built the first church after a design of Martin Grünberg. It was the third church in Friedrichstadt, established in 1688, which was a town of princely domination, while the neighbouring old Berlin and Cölln were cities of town privileges. In 1780-1785 Georg Christian Unger modified the church and added the eastern domed tower after a design by Carl von Gontard. On 22 March 1848 the coffins of 183 Berliners, who had been killed during the March Revolution, were shown on the northern side of the church. After an Evangelical service within the prayer hall outside an Evangelical pastor, a Catholic priest and a rabbi, one after the other, shortly addressed the audience, before the throng accompanied the coffins to the graves. | See map

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